operating table
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It is warehousing usable items, from file cabinets to the operating table in the surgical theater, and will distribute them to nonprofits primarily in Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
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
Ms Bacon was given a local anaesthetic to numb her scalp and skull and had immediate improvement in her fingers on the operating table, allowing her to play the clarinet easily.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025
In a haunting approach, the parents tiptoed toward an eerily lifelike replica of their child’s body and carefully transferred the silicone doppelgänger to an operating table.
From New York Times • May 24, 2024
There was the same operating table, the same glass syringes.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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