2. Adjective. not yet having being operated on ¹
3. Noun. someone who has not yet been operated on. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Preop
1. a patient being prepared for surgery [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preop
Literary usage of Preop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"... *--rw*usly refuted this supposition ; and preop- hive long been of as much
authority in ; before the sun has completed an entire circuit of the sphere. ..."
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