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prechop

prechop verb: to chop beforehand, as in food preparation.

Verb

prechop (third-person singular simple present prechops, present participle prechopping, simple past and past participle prechopped)

  1. To chop beforehand, as in food preparation.
  2. To carry out mechanical nucleofracture prior to phacoemulsification in cataract surgery.

Forms of prechop

third-person singular presentprechops
present participleprechopping
past participleprechopped
pastprechopped

Origin of prechop

From pre- + chop.

Words formed from prechop

Questions about prechop

What does prechop mean?
Prechop means to chop beforehand, as in food preparation.
What part of speech is prechop?
Prechop is a verb.
What is the past tense of prechop?
The past tense of prechop is prechopped.

Words near prechop in the dictionary

  1. prechondrocytes
  2. prechondrogenic
  3. prechoose
  4. prechooses
  5. prechoosing
  6. prechop
  7. prechopped
  8. prechopper
  9. prechoppers
  10. prechopping
  11. prechops

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