Presurgical

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Occurring before, or in preparation for, surgery. not-comparable

    "An abnormal reading on a presurgical EKG led to another angiogram, which indicated that the original narrowing had worsened."

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"An abnormal reading on a presurgical EKG led to another angiogram, which indicated that the original narrowing had worsened."

Etymology

From pre- + surgical.

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