"pre-op" meaning in English

See pre-op in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pre-op.wav [US] Forms: preop [alternative]
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  1. Happening before an operation. Tags: not-comparable
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  2. Not yet operated on. Tags: not-comparable Translations (Translations): pré-op (French)
    Sense id: en-pre-op-en-adj-kZwiHE6D Disambiguation of 'Translations': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: preoperational, preoperative
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pre-op.wav [US] Forms: pre-ops [plural], preop [alternative]
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  1. (medicine) A preoperative patient or procedure.
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  2. (transgender) A preoperative trans person. Translations (Translations): pré-op (French)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: peri-op
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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