Preprocedure

adj, adv

adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Prior to a surgical or medicinal procedure. not-comparable

    "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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    Prior to a surgical or medicinal procedure. not-comparable

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From pre- + procedure.

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