| 单词 | preoperative |
| 释义 | preoperative (once / 358161 pages) adj Anything that happens before a patient has surgery is preoperative. Your preoperative instructions might include not eating or drinking anything for several hours. People who have their wisdom teeth or their tonsils removed are given a preoperative checklist to help them prepare for the operation. These patients usually have preoperative medication that makes them sleepy or unconscious during the procedure. Doctors and nurses follow preoperative instructions of their own, including hand washing and preparing the site of the surgery. WORD FAMILYoperative: inoperative, operatively, operatives, postoperative, preoperative+/inoperable: inoperably/interoperable: interoperability/operable: inoperable, interoperable/operate: operable, operated, operates, operating, operation, operative, operator/operation: operational, operations/operational: nonoperational, operationalism, operationally/operationalism: operationalist/operator: operators/postoperative: postoperatively USAGE EXAMPLESEven though it is a relatively simple procedure, all of the surgeons who utilize the procedure I represent receive preoperative training. Washington Post(Nov 17, 2016) Word had gotten around that he was dating a preoperative transgender woman, and rumors swirled that Winchell was gay. Washington Post(Nov 17, 2016) The surgeon, with whom he had not previously worked, refused all preoperative training, including watching a video, on a new $10,000 hip replacement system. Washington Post(Nov 14, 2016) adj happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation Syn operative, surgical relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine |
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