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preprocedure

preprocedure adjective: prior to a surgical or medicinal procedure.

Adjective

preprocedure (not comparable)

  1. Prior to a surgical or medicinal procedure.
    • The preprocedure fetal hematocrit (Hct) levels for the 3 procedures were 8.3%, 16.8%, and 10.4%, respectively, and the MCA Doppler peak systolic velocities were >1.5 multiples of the median in each case.2015 April 15, Sruti S. Nadimpalli et al., “Congenital Parvovirus B19 Infection: Persistent Viremia and Red Blood Cell Aplasia”, in Open Forum Infectious Diseases, volume 2, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    preprocedural

Adverb

preprocedure (not comparable)

  1. Prior to a surgical or medicinal procedure.

Synonyms of preprocedure

Origin of preprocedure

From pre- + procedure.

Questions about preprocedure

What does preprocedure mean?
Preprocedure means prior to a surgical or medicinal procedure.
What part of speech is preprocedure?
Preprocedure can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near preprocedure in the dictionary

  1. preprocambial
  2. preprocathepsin
  3. preprocathepsins
  4. preprocedural
  5. preprocedurally
  6. preprocedure
  7. preprocess
  8. preprocessed
  9. preprocesses
  10. preprocessing
  11. preprocessings

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