Theatre
Theatre (Medicine)
Theatre (pronounced: thee-uh-ter), also known as an operating theatre or operating room, is a room within a hospital where surgical procedures are carried out in a sterile environment.
Etymology
The term "theatre" comes from the Ancient Greek word "theatron", meaning "a place for viewing". In the context of medicine, it refers to the viewing gallery that was historically present in surgical operating rooms, where students and other observers could watch surgeries for educational purposes.
Related Terms
- Surgery: The branch of medicine that employs operations in the treatment of disease or injury. Surgery can involve cutting, abrading, suturing, or otherwise physically changing body tissues and organs.
- Anaesthesia: A state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical purposes. It may include analgesia (relief from or prevention of pain), paralysis (muscle relaxation), amnesia (loss of memory), or unconsciousness.
- Sterilization (medicine): Any process that eliminates, removes, kills, or deactivates all forms of life and other biological agents like fungi, bacteria, viruses, spore forms, etc. present in a specified region, such as a surface, a volume of fluid, medication, or in a compound such as biological culture media.
- Scrub Nurse: A nurse who assists surgeons within the operating theatre. The scrub nurse is directly involved with the operative procedure within the sterile field.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Theatre
- Wikipedia's article - Theatre
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