präoperativ

== German == === Etymology === prä- +‎ operativ === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʁɛ(ː)ʔopəʁaˈtiːf/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland) IPA(key): /pʁeː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) Hyphenation: prä‧ope‧ra‧tiv === Adjective === präoperativ (strong nominative masculine singular präoperativer, not comparable) (surgery) preoperative ==== Declension ==== === References === “präoperativ” in Duden online “präoperativ”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)