Definition of Operating theater

1. Noun. A room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations. "Great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"

Exact synonyms: Operating Room, Operating Theatre, Or, Surgery
Generic synonyms: Hospital Room

Lexicographical Neighbors of Operating Theater

operating instructions
operating loss
operating losses
operating microscope
operating procedure
operating room
operating room information systems
operating room nursing
operating room technicians
operating rooms
operating statement
operating surgeon
operating system
operating systems
operating table
operating theater (current term)
operating theatre
operating theatres
operating time
operation
operation code
operation of law
operational
operational casualty
operational cell
operational damage
operational definition
operational research
operational service period
operational service periods

Literary usage of Operating theater

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hospitals, Dispensaries and Nursing: Papers and Discussions in the by Henry Mills Hurd (1894)
"The latest and most notable improvement has been the addition of "The Wm. J. Syms operating theater of the Roosevelt Hospital," rendered possible by the ..."

2. Hospitals, Dispensaries and Nursing: Papers and Discussions in the by John Shaw Billings, Henry Mills Hurd (1894)
"The latest and most notable improvement has been the addition of "The Wm. J. Syms operating theater of the Roosevelt Hospital," rendered possible by the ..."

3. American Medicine (1921)
"The interesting discourse of Dr. Warren was followed by a visit to the old amphitheater of the Massachusetts General Hospital, the "operating theater," it ..."

4. Hospital management by Charlotte A. Aikens (1911)
"How many accessory rooms have you to your main operating theater, and how are they ... How is your operating theater lighted? 32. How is it ventilated? 33. ..."

5. The Water Supply, Sewerage and Plumbing of Modern City Buildings by William Paul Gerhard (1909)
"View in a Large Hospital operating theater 388 From photograph kindly furnished by the JL Mott Iron Works. FIG. 206. — Another View of a Large Hospital ..."

6. The Water Supply, Sewerage and Plumbing of Modern City Buildings by William Paul Gerhard (1909)
"View in a Large Hospital operating theater 388 From photograph kindly furnished by the JL Mott Iron Works. FIG. 206. — Another View of a Large Hospital ..."

7. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1921)
"Choice of operating theater.—Many ships are now fitted with a detached operating theater, and the propriety of such an arrangement cannot be doubted for a ..."

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