Definition of Preoperative

1. Adjective. Happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation.

Similar to: Operative, Surgical

Definition of Preoperative

1. Adjective. happening before surgery ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Preoperative

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preoperative

preoccupied
preoccupied name
preoccupied names
preoccupiedly
preoccupies
preoccupy
preoccupying
preocular
preominate
preon
preons
preop
preopening
preoperation
preoperational
preoperative (current term)
preoperatively
preopercula
preopercular
preoperculars
preoperculum
preopinion
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preoptimization
preoptimizations
preoptimize
preoptimized
preoptimizes
preoptimizing
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Literary usage of Preoperative

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anoci-association by George Washington Crile (1914)
"The preoperative preparation should be flexible. If the patient be sleepless during the night before operation, he should be given a sedative. ..."

2. Anoci-association by George Washington Crile (1914)
"preoperative AND POSTOPERATIVE CARE OF PATIENTS preoperative AND ... EXOPHTHALMIC GOITER preoperative CARE The utmost tact and skill are required in the ..."

3. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1921)
"preoperative MANAGEMENT IN CASES OF GASTRIC RETENTION DAVID M. BERKMAN IN an attempt to correlate clinical observations with experimental observations on ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"Surgery offers the only permanent relief, and the general condition of the patient being satisfactory, the bodies should be removed. preoperative Treatment ..."

5. The Thyroid Gland by Cleveland Clinic Foundation, George Washington Crile (1922)
"preoperative MANAGEMENT OF EXOPHTHALMIC GOITER WR GOFF AND EO RUSHING THE preoperative treatment of patients having exophthalmic goiter is very important ..."

6. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1922)
"TYPES or DIAGNOSES Number of breasts 2100 Percentage of positive preoperative clinical diagnoses 78.5 Percentage of doubtful or questioned preoperative ..."

7. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1917)
"preoperative CONSIDERATIONS OF EXOPHTHALMIC GOITER * DAVID M. BERKMAN For purposes of correlation I shall briefly state the following accepted theories: 1. ..."

8. Principles of Surgical Nursing: A Guide to Modern Surgical Technic by Frederick Cook Warnshuis (1918)
"SCHEDULE OF preoperative PROCEDURE The following schedule of work for the day previous to the operation, it is to take place in the home, is submitted as a ..."

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