operating room

noun

1. a specially equipped room, usually in a hospital, where surgical procedures are performed. OR

Word History and Origins

Origin of operating room¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

"It's a way of humanising the operating room."

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The patient would be in a hospital operating room, while the doctor could carry out the procedure using the Sentante machine from anywhere - even their own home.

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I have replayed, countless times, the moments of her birth: the beeping of the operating room, the orders of the obstetrician and the crippling silence after delivery.

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As they do in most Gaza hospitals, Hamas maintains a torture dungeon at al-Shifa, hidden from the regular wards and operating rooms.

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Much of the factory was supposed to be as sterile as an operating room.

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