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operating theatres

operating theatres is the plural of operating theatre.

Meaning of operating theatre

Noun

operating theatre (plural operating theatres)

  1. A room in a hospital used for performing surgery (originally designed for operations in front of observers).
    Synonyms:
    operating room, OT

Questions about operating theatres

What is operating theatres the plural of?
Operating theatres is the plural of operating theatre.

Words near operating theatres in the dictionary

  1. operating system
  2. operating systems
  3. operating table
  4. operating tables
  5. operating theatre
  6. operating theatres
  7. operating time
  8. operating times
  9. operating-room
  10. operating-room table
  11. operating-room tables

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Adapted from Wiktionary: operating theatres (page history and authors); operating theatre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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