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Definition: Preoperative |
PreoperativeAdjective1. Happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Preceding an operation. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Investigators differ in the selection of tests for preoperative evaluation. (references) | |
Elevation of a preoperative CEA (>5 ng/ml) is an indicator of increased risk for recurrence. (references) | ||
A normal preoperative CEA does not obviate the need for adjuvant therapy in node-positive patients. (references) | ||
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| "Preoperative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Preoperative" is used about 62 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 62 | 42,755 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "preoperative": Preoperative Care. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
evaluation preoperative | 4 |
preoperative | 3 |
aspirin discontinuation preoperative | 3 |
fasting preoperative | 3 |
anaesthesia consultation preoperative | 2 |
preoperative process | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "preoperative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | præoperativ (pre-operative), præoperativ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | preoperatief (pre-operative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | preoperatiivinen (pre-operative), leikkausta edeltävä (pre-operative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | préopératoire (pre-operative), préopératoire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | präoperativ (pre-operative), präoperativ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | προεγχειρητικός (pre-operative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | operáció előtti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | preoperatorio (pre-operative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eoperativepray pré-operatório. (various references) preoperatorio (pre-operative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "preoperative": preoperatively. (additional references) | |
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"Preoperative" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: periperative, propagative. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-i-o-p-p-r-r-t-v" | |
-3 letters: evaporite, operative, overeater, papeterie, privateer, reapprove, reoperate. | |
-4 letters: approver, overpert, overrate, overripe, overtire, peripter, perorate, portiere, priorate, privater, repartee, repeater, reprieve, rerepeat, retrieve. | |
-5 letters: airport, approve, epitope, evertor, operate, overapt, overate, overeat, overtip, paperer, partier, pearter, peatier, periapt, pervert, pierrot, praetor, preaver, prepare, preriot, pretape, private, prorate, rapport, repaper, reprove, retiree, reverie, riveter. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-i-o-p-p-r-r-t-v" | |
+2 letters: preoperatively. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 65 6F 70 65 72 61 74 69 76 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01100101 01101111 01110000 01100101 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r e o p e r a t i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0065 006F 0070 0065 0072 0061 0074 0069 0076 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508471818271846786758871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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