Answer: PREOP
PREOP is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 52 times.
Referring Clues:
- Before surgery
 - Before the opening, say
 - Like some hospital procedures
 - Having not yet made the cut?
 - Before making the cut?
 - Hospital holding area, briefly
 - Before surgery, informally
 - Before surgery, briefly
 - Not yet under the knife
 - Like some medical tests
 - Before surg.
 - Patient place
 - Hospital area, for short
 - Surgery forerunner
 - Hospital holding area, for short
 - Hospital area, informally
 - Hospital area for patients about to have surgery
 - Occurring before surgery, informally
 - Prior to surgery
 - Designation for some transgendered people
 - Before the procedure, informally
 - Hospital area, briefly
 - Before one's big opening?
 - Hospital area
 - Prepping place
 - Like some trans people, briefly
 - Hosp. area
 - Hospital status, informally
 - Surgical holding area
 - Before-surgery
 - Awaiting a sex change, say
 - Hospital prep area
 - Hospital's prepping place
 - About to go under the knife
 - Nearly under the knife, in announcements
 - Area with R.N.s
 - Staging area of a sort
 - Surg. holding area
 - Stop before surgery
 - Health-care category
 - Hospital prep area, briefly
 - Place to start an IV
 - Before surgery, for short
 - Med-tech specialty
 - About to go under the knife, in brief
 - Like some medical tests, briefly
 - Hosp. stop before surgery
 - Surgery prep area, for short
 - Before going under, say
 - Area before surgery, briefly
 - Scrub-up stop
 - Doings before surgery, informally
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - September 21, 2025
 - LA Times - August 22, 2025
 - LA Times - October 11, 2024
 - USA Today - September 02, 2024
 - LA Times - July 20, 2024
 - New York Times - January 09, 2024
 - USA Today - November 22, 2023
 - LA Times - March 27, 2023
 - LA Times - February 04, 2023
 - LA Times - November 06, 2022
 - USA Today - October 18, 2022
 - LA Times - September 20, 2022
 - USA Today - March 30, 2022
 - LA Times - November 03, 2021
 - USA Today - April 28, 2021
 - Universal - March 28, 2021
 - Universal - October 04, 2020
 - New York Times - August 27, 2020
 - New York Times - July 08, 2020
 - LA Times - April 23, 2020
 
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