"pre-op" meaning in English

See pre-op in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: 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': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: preoperational, preoperative, preop

Noun

Forms: pre-ops [plural]
Etymology: 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 entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with pre-, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 12 5 80 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 9 5 82 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 10 18 15 56 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 4 15 6 76 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: preop

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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