pre-op
nounEtymology From pre- + op.
1
Medicine, Sciences A preoperative patient or procedure.
2
A preoperative trans person.
- Antonyms
- post-op
- Related terms
- peri-op
pre-op
adjEtymology From pre- + op.
1
Happening before an operation.
- a pre-op consultation
- For example, Goal 7 “Reduce the risk of health care associated infections” stipulates, among other things, that hospitals have specific strategies in place to prevent surgical site infection (SSI), that they provide regular feedback about SSI rates to caregivers, with follow-up for 30 days, that they discontinue the use of shaving as a method of preop hair removal, etc.2011, Darrell A. Campbell, “Patient Safety”, in Michael W. Mulholland, Gerard M. Doherty, editors, Complications in Surgery, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, pages 58–59:
1 more example
- A vasectomy, as the pre-op letter explained, “is designed to make you sterile”. (You’d hope so.)2026 May 11, Tim Burrows, “My first thought after having a vasectomy: why aren’t more British men having them?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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Not yet operated on.
- The three pre-op transsexuals are attired in cheap, synthetic clothes and, to emphasize this point, one of them even wears a polyester imitation of Samantha's luxury silk nightgown […]2013, Niall Richardson, Clarissa Smith, Angela Werndly, Studying Sexualities: Theories, Representations, Cultures, page 92:
- Synonyms
- preoperational, preoperative
- Antonyms
- postop, post-op