operating table

operating table
noun
table on which the patient lies during a surgical operation
Hypernyms: ↑table

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operating table noun
The narrow table on which the patient lies during a surgical operation
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Main Entry:operate

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operating table UK US noun [countable] [singular operating table plural operating tables]
a table that someone lies on while doctors operate on them

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operating table,
the table for a patient to lie on during a surgical operation.

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noun, pl ⋯ tables [count]
: a special table in an operating room that a person lies on while having an operation

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ˈoperating table [operating table] noun
a special table that you lie on to have a medical operation in a hospital

The patient died

on the operating table (= during an operation)

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