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Prep vs Preop - What's the difference?

prep | preop |

As nouns the difference between prep and preop

is that prep is preparation while preop is someone who has not yet been operated on.

As a verb prep

is to prepare.

As an initialism PREP

is initialism of pre-exposure prophylaxis.

As an adjective preop is

happening before an operation.

prep

English

Noun

  • (countable) Preparation.
  • (informal, countable) A student or graduate of a prep school, a preppy.
  • (British, uncountable) Homework, work set to do outside class time, used widely in public schools and preparatory schools but not state schools.

    • Verb

    (prepp)
  • (informal) To prepare.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    preop

    English

    Alternative forms

    *pre-op

    Adjective

    (-)
  • happening before an operation
  • :A preop consultation
  • not yet having being operated on
  • :A preop transsexual

    • Synonyms

    *preoperational

    Antonyms

    *postop/post-op

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • someone who has not yet been operated on.