operating room
noun
a specially equipped room, usually in a hospital, where surgical procedures are performed. OR
operating rooms
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pluralof operating room.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As for why wait times have increased over time, the researchers suggest that cancer hospitals may have too few operating rooms and specialists to treat the patients referred to them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The patchwork system that supplies blood and blood products to operating rooms, delivery suites, and ERs like mine can be frighteningly brittle.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
Four operating rooms are in use - simultaneously - throughout the day and sometimes at night.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2025
While the arterial line is the gold standard for blood pressure measurement in intensive care units and operating rooms, it is highly invasive, limits patient mobility, and can cause pain or discomfort.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
PIH brought in engineering teams to stabilize the capital’s badly damaged general hospital, restoring its water and electricity; when medical supplies were trucked in, twelve operating rooms were quickly up and running.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
