Definitions
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- adjective happening before an
operation - adjective not yet having being
operated on - noun someone who has not yet been
operated on.
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Examples
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They were waiting on him in preop, but they could wait a minute more.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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They were waiting on him in preop, but they could wait a minute more.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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But they were paging him over the loudspeaker; he was due in preop and so Charlie let go of pleasure, and spoke to her out of duty.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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But they were paging him over the loudspeaker; he was due in preop and so Charlie let go of pleasure, and spoke to her out of duty.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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He agreed that we had tormented the boy enough so his preop labs were drawn the next day on the surgical table.
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He agreed that we had tormented the boy enough so his preop labs were drawn the next day on the surgical table.
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Regardless of whether they're preop or post-op, it's their lived gender that's important.
When human rights go crazy.... GayandRight 2009
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He just finished publishing a nine-part series called "Operation: Deconstructed", where he takes you through every step of a colectomy, from preop to dictation.
Welcome to My Blogroll! aka TBTAM 2007
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TWO plastic surgeries on two different little boys' private parts--and the accompanying preop and postop visits
Health? Becca 2009
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He agreed that we had tormented the boy enough so his preop labs were drawn the next day on the surgical table.
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