"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
Etymology: From pre- + op. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|op}} pre- + op Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} pre-op (not comparable)
  1. Happening before an operation. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-pre-op-en-adj-or~7o2Py
  2. Not yet operated on. Tags: not-comparable Translations (Translations): pré-op (French)
    Sense id: en-pre-op-en-adj-kZwiHE6D Disambiguation of 'Translations': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: preoperational, preoperative, preop

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pre-op.wav Forms: pre-ops [plural]
Etymology: From pre- + op. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|op}} pre- + op Head templates: {{en-noun}} pre-op (plural pre-ops)
  1. (medicine) A preoperative patient or procedure. Categories (topical): Medicine, People
    Sense id: en-pre-op-en-noun-PA8g6Q32 Disambiguation of People: 10 14 46 30 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (transgender) A preoperative trans person. Categories (topical): Transgender Translations (Translations): pré-op (French)
    Sense id: en-pre-op-en-noun-JtbvmROi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 14 4 78 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 13 29 18 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 8 2 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 10 3 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 16 2 81 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 14 3 80 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: preop

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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