Meanings
adverbpresurgically (not comparable)
- not comparablePrior to surgery.
Currently, fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is one of the most popular and accurate techniques for presurgically evaluating thyroid nodules.
2016 January 20, “Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy as a Preoperative Procedure in Patients with Malignancy in Solitary and Multiple Thyroid Nodules”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰésōr
- Proto-Hellenic*kʰéhər
- Ancient Greekχείρ (kheír)
- Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*worǵós
- Proto-Hellenic*worgós
- Ancient Greekχειρουργός (kheirourgós)
- Ancient Greekχειρουργῐκός (kheirourgĭkós)
- Late Latinchīrurgicus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Medieval Latincirurgicālis
- Middle Frenchcirurgica
- Middle Englishcirurgical
- Englishsurgical
- Englishpresurgical
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishpresurgically
From presurgical + -ly.
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APA
presurgically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presurgically
MLA
“presurgically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presurgically. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “presurgically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presurgically.
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