preoperativeadj.
/priːˈɒp(ə)rətɪv/, U.S. /priˈɑp(ə)rədɪv/ Medicine.
Given, existing, or occurring before a surgical operation. Also: (of a person) awaiting or about to undergo surgery. Cf. pre-op adj.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > [adjective] > relating to operation > before operation
preoperative1886
pre-op1914
pre-operation1928
1886 Hahnemannian Monthly Sept. 636 This insidious, preoperative form of sepsis is most likely to declare itself through an irritable state of the gastro-intestinal mucous membrane.
1901 Lancet 5 Jan. 65/2 His first [case of post-operative insanity] is ‘pre-operative’, so far as the report shows.
1954 L. C. Martin & M. Hynes Clin. Endocrinol. (ed. 2) iii. 69 The use of pre-operative iodine or anti-thyroid drugs..adds further difficulty.
1957 New Biol. 24 54 Without preoperative treatment with heparin there would be every likelihood of the blood clotting within the operated blood vessel.
2002 Premiere May 44/3 Britney's pop hit ‘I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman’..which is already an anthem for preoperative transsexuals everywhere.
Derivatives
preˈoperatively adv. before a surgical operation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > [adverb] > operation > during, before, or after operation
postoperatively1899
preoperatively1901
post-operation1934
peroperatively1971
perioperatively1977
1901 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 14 Nov. 546/2 Preoperatively discoverable tuberculous lesions of the lungs.
1957 Ann. Royal Coll. Surgeons 21 368 The visual defect pre-operatively affected both eyes nearly equally.
2010 J. Raeder Clin. Ambulatory Anesthesia iii. 19 If the child has a wheeze preoperatively the case should usually be postponed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1886