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Operating theatre

noun

A room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations. Synonyms: operating room, operating theater, OR, surgery.

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"Operating theatre" Quotes from Famous Books

... here in this great camp, testifies—is not Force, but Love? Is this the mysterious message which seems to breathe from these crowded wards—to make them just bearable. Let me recollect the open door of an operating theatre, and a young officer, quite a boy, lying there with a bullet in his chest, which the surgeons were just about to try and extract. The fine, pale features of the wounded man, the faces of the surgeon and the nurses, so intent and cheerfully ...

— The War on All Fronts: England's Effort - Letters to an American Friend • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... above a whisper. With fingers quivering, Robert Cairn managed to light a third match. His father, from a second tub, tore out a smaller plant and ground its soft tentacles beneath his feet. The place smelt like an operating theatre. The doctor swayed dizzily as the third match became extinguished, clutching at his ...

— Brood of the Witch-Queen • Sax Rohmer

Words linked to "Operating theatre" : surgery, operating theater, hospital room, OR, operating room