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operating theatre

British  

noun

  1. a room in which surgical operations are performed

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"If we do not invest in our workforce and in our operating theatre capacity, we may be in a position in the future where we cannot do the emergency caesareans we need to," she adds.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

Even the smells of an operating theatre are piped in, while video images from a real hospital are projected onto the walls.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2025

They said some students could get overwhelmed when they first experienced a real operating theatre or busy ward.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2025

Mr Tibbott said the use of the robotic operating theatre was enabling more patients such as Stacey and Ms Bulloch to be treated - and they were recovering more quickly.

From BBC May 1, 2025

We saw the big hospital, not very busy just then, and the clean, empty operating theatre, and gnome-caverns where munitions were stored in vast, black pyramids.

From Everyman's Land by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

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