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operating theatre

British  

noun

  1. a room in which surgical operations are performed

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"If we do not invest in our workforce and in our operating theatre capacity, we may be in a position in the future where we cannot do the emergency caesareans we need to," she adds.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

"I was conscious all the way to the operating theatre."

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025

Insourcing sees private companies work outside normal hours and pay to use spare operating theatre capacity.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025

Even the smells of an operating theatre are piped in, while video images from a real hospital are projected onto the walls.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025

Professors have gloried in blood and iron who would probably faint away in the nice, clean operating theatre of a London hospital.

From Rudyard Kipling by John Palmer

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