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      preoperative
      adjective
      happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation
      Roots
      praepre- · Latin · beforeopusoper- · Latin · work, laborativus-ative · Latin · tending to
      Words related to preoperative
      presurgicaladjpostoperativeadjpostsurgicaladjsurgicaladjsurgerynreoperationninteroperativeadjceliotomyadjpostoplaryngotomyadjmicrosurgicaladjherniotomyadjcystotomyadjovariotomistpreopchirurgeryadjchordotomyadjtrocharresectabilitynovariotomyadjglossectomyadjnonoperativeadjuterotomyadjpneumectomyadjarthroplastyncystostomyadjsigmoidectomyntylectomyadjresectionnnonsurgicaladj

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      The word preoperative breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: pre-, from Latin prae (“before”); oper, from Latin opus (“work, labor”); and -ative, from Latin ativus (“tending to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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