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operating room

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noun
  1. a specially equipped room, usually in a hospital, where surgical procedures are performed. Abbreviation: OR
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Origin of operating room

First recorded in 1885–90
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Related Words

orsurgery

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Historical Examples

  • Carlotta Harrison pleaded a headache, and was excused from the operating-room and from prayers.

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    Mary Roberts Rinehart

  • When are you going to put my protegee into the operating-room?

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    Mary Roberts Rinehart

  • Two reasons had prompted Wilson to request to have Sidney in the operating-room.

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  • He was in high spirits that first day of Sidney's operating-room experience.

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  • She has been waiting for hours—ever since you went to the operating-room.

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operating room in Medicine

operating room

n.
  1. A room equipped for performing surgical operations.
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