operating table
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The procedure they thought would spare them a complicated surgery leads some to the operating table anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
"Before you know it, you are on the operating table having your prostate removed – and we see examples of that all the time," Prof Hamdy said.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025
Among the goods that Fried said are shipped in cargo holds are harvested lungs that need to be delivered to an operating table, temperature-sensitive and radiological pharmaceuticals and parts needed for assembly lines.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
After his surgery, John said he could notice an improvement as soon as he woke up after spending 10 hours on the operating table.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025
Passing her finger over the name in gold, Shirley pictured herself as a grown-up, saving a life on the operating table, teaching a class, building a bridge.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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