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OPERATING THEATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does operating theater mean?
• OPERATING THEATER (noun)
The noun OPERATING THEATER has 1 sense:
1. a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
Familiarity information: OPERATING THEATER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
operating room; operating theater; operating theatre; OR; surgery
Context example:
great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic
Hypernyms ("operating theater" is a kind of...):
hospital room (a room in a hospital for the care of patients)
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