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presurgical

presurgical adjective: occurring before, or in preparation for, surgery.

Adjective

presurgical (not comparable)

  1. Occurring before, or in preparation for, surgery.
    • An abnormal reading on a presurgical EKG led to another angiogram, which indicated that the original narrowing had worsened.2009 January 6, Jane E. Brody, “More Isn’t Always Better in Coronary Care”, in New York Times

Origin of presurgical

From pre- + surgical.

Questions about presurgical

What does presurgical mean?
Presurgical means occurring before, or in preparation for, surgery.
What part of speech is presurgical?
Presurgical is an adjective.

Words near presurgical in the dictionary

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

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