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operating table

NOUN
operating room
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Sixteen hours after Tatum was writhing on the court against the New York Knicks, he was stretched out on O’Malley’s operating table on the West side of Manhattan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

The patient is sedated and covered up on the operating table.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

Ms Bacon was given a local anaesthetic to numb her scalp and skull and had immediate improvement in her fingers on the operating table, allowing her to play the clarinet easily.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

When people want to get taller, they wind up on Dr. Kevin Debiparshad’s operating table for leg-lengthening surgery.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

It was as if I were on the operating table again.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes




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