Definition of "preop" []

• Happening before an operation (adjective)
• Not yet having being operated on (adjective)
• Someone who has not yet been operated on. (noun)

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• "They were waiting on him in preop, but they could wait a minute more."
• "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."
• "Regardless of whether they're preop or post-op, it's their lived gender that's important."