surgical theater
Where operations happen
A surgical theater is an operating room, especially one designed with tiered seating for observers to watch procedures.
The term reflects the historical practice of medical students and physicians gathering to witness surgeries as educational demonstrations.
Though the gallery seating has largely disappeared from modern hospitals, the term persists in British English as a formal name for any operating room: The patient was wheeled into the surgical theater at dawn.
- operatingActively in function
- operating roomSurgical procedure venue
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- under the knifeUndergoing a medical operation
open heart · sterile · sterile field · gown · mask · scrub in · incision · table · bright lights · lights · gallery · observation · medical students · teaching hospital · dissection · anatomy · scrubs · gloves
- ancient surgeryamputation, trepanation, cauterization, bloodletting, cautery
surgical theaterwaiting room
Space for anticipating service
outpatient clinic · consultation room · hospice · rehabilitation center · recovery room
surgical theatermorgue
Corpse holding facility
mortuary · hospice · deathbed · funeral home · autopsy room
surgical theaterplayhouse
Miniature structure for children
drama theater · concert hall · opera house · performance venue · cinema
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