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the·a·ter

(thē'ă-tĕr),

1. A large room for lectures and demonstrations; sometimes applied to an operating room equipped for observation by people other than the surgical team.

2. Any operating room or suite of such rooms.

[G. theatron, a place for seeing, theater, fr. theomai, to look at]

theater

[thē′ətər]

1 an operating room or suite of rooms.

2 a large room used for lectures and demonstrations.

the·a·ter

(thē'ă-tĕr)

1. A large room for lectures and demonstrations; sometimes applied to an operating room equipped for observation by persons other than the surgical team.

2. Any operating room or suite of such rooms.
Synonym(s): theatre.

[G. theatron, a place for seeing, theater, fr. theomai, to look at]

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