operating theatrenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɒp.ər.eɪ.tɪŋ ˌθɪə.tər/us/ˈɑː.pə.reɪ.t̬ɪŋ ˌθiː.ə.t̬ɚ/UK US operating rooma special room in which people are operated on in a hospital
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Medical places & organizations
- A & E
- asylum
- detoxification centre
- ear, nose, and throat
- emergency room
- ENT
- er
- Harley Street
- health maintenance organization
- intensive care
- lunatic asylum
- madhouse
- Medicare
- mental hospital
- operating room
- outpatients
- sanitarium
- surgery
- the funny farm
- theatre
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