presurgery
English
Etymology
pre- + surgery
Adjective
presurgery (not comparable)
- Before surgery.
- 2007 October 1, Charles Isherwood, “While Superego Sleeps, a Mind at Play”, in New York Times:
- But the nagging curiosity about what she might have, could have, perhaps should not have said inspired this playful hourlong exploration of the mind-body connection, in which Ms. Margolin performs five versions of the lost 12-minute presurgery performance.
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