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presurgery

presurgery adjective: before surgery.

Adjective

presurgery (not comparable)

  1. Before surgery.
    • But the nagging curiosity about what she might have, could have, perhaps should not have said inspired this playful hourlong exploration of the mind-body connection, in which Ms. Margolin performs five versions of the lost 12-minute presurgery performance.2007 October 1, Charles Isherwood, “While Superego Sleeps, a Mind at Play”, in New York Times

Forms of presurgery

alternative formpre-surgery

Origin of presurgery

From pre- + surgery.

Questions about presurgery

What does presurgery mean?
Presurgery means before surgery.
What part of speech is presurgery?
Presurgery is an adjective.

Words near presurgery in the dictionary

  1. presuppression
  2. presuppressions
  3. presuppurative
  4. presurfactant
  5. presurge
  6. presurgery
  7. presurgical
  8. presurgically
  9. presurmise
  10. presurmised
  11. presurmises

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