How Do You Spell Pre Surgery?

adjective Referring to the logistics of preparing for a surgical procedure/operation.

Is preoperative hyphenated?

Do not hyphenate prefixes like pre, post or peri. Preoperative, postoperative and perioperative are fine but if possible change them to before surgery, after surgery and during surgery.

What is the meaning of pre surgery?

1 : occurring before a surgical operation preoperative care. 2 : having not yet undergone a surgical operation.