operating table
noun/ˈɒpəreɪtɪŋ teɪbl/
/ˈɑːpəreɪtɪŋ teɪbl/
- a special table that you lie on to have a medical operation in a hospital
- on the operating table The patient died on the operating table (= during an operation).
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