quirófano
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From quiro- (“chiro-, hand”) + Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to show”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
quirófano m (plural quirófanos)
- operating room
- 2020 December 11, Josep Ramoneda, “De Trump a Ayuso”, in El País[1]:
- Da igual que Zendal no tenga ni médicos, ni quirófanos, ni pacientes; es y será el mejor hospital del mundo, porque ella lo dice.
- It makes no difference that Zendal [Hospital] has neither doctors, nor operating rooms, nor patients; it is and will be the best hospital in the world, because she [politician Isabel Díaz Ayuso] says so.
Related terms[edit]
- cirugía (“surgery”)
- quirúrgico (“surgical”)
Further reading[edit]
- “quirófano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014