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Noun: operating room
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: operating theatre)
  1. A room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
    "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic";
    - OR [N. Amer], operating theater [US], operating theatre, surgery, theatre [Brit]

Derived forms: operating rooms

Type of: hospital room

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