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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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Rose, an operating theatre practitioner, is a trans woman, a biological male who identifies as a woman.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

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

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

Mr Tibbott said the use of the robotic operating theatre was enabling more patients such as Stacey and Ms Bulloch to be treated - and they were recovering more quickly.

From BBC • May 1, 2025

"I set up my whole life before I went into the operating theatre knowing that, if I didn't make it, the kids would be OK," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025

One day he is borne, rather white, into the operating theatre, and after a time is carried back, even whiter than before.

From On the King's Service Inward Glimpses of Men at Arms by Logan, Innes

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