Meanings
adjectivepreoperative (not comparable)
- not comparablePrior to surgery.
nounpreoperative (plural preoperatives)
plural preoperatives
- A transgender person who has not yet undergone gender reassignment surgery.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehappening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Englishoperative
- Englishpreoperative
Translations
Catalan preoperatori
- preoperatoribefore surgery
Chinese Mandarin 術前 /术前
- 術前 /术前 (shùqián)before surgery
Finnish ennen leikkausta, preoperatiivinen
- ennen leikkaustabefore surgery
- preoperatiivinenbefore surgery
French préopératoire, pré-opéré
- préopératoirebefore surgery
- pré-opéréTranslations
- pré-opTranslations
German präoperativ
- präoperativbefore surgery
Japanese 術前
- 術前before surgery
Polish przedoperacyjny, osoba transpłciowa przed operacją korekty płci
- przedoperacyjnybefore surgery
- osoba transpłciowa przed operacją korekty płciTranslations
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Cite this entry
APA
preoperative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preoperative
MLA
“preoperative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preoperative. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preoperative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preoperative.
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