pre-op adjective 2noun 2forms 1 adjective2 •Happening before an operation.A vasectomy, as the pre-op letter explained, “is designed to make you sterile”. (You’d hope so.) — 2026 •Not yet operated on.The three pre-op transsexuals are attired in cheap, synthetic clothes and, to emphasize this point, one of them even wears a polyester imitation of Samantha's luxury silk nightgown […] — 2013 noun2 •A preoperative patient or procedure. •A preoperative trans person. formspre-ops