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Noun: operating theater
Usage: US
  1. A room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
    - operating room [N. Amer], OR [N. Amer], operating theatre, surgery, theatre [Brit]

Derived forms: operating theaters

Type of: hospital room

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