preoperational

About 0.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Prior to a surgical operation.

   preoperational anxiety

2. adjective In or relating to a Piagetian phase of child development characterized by sparse and logically inadequate mental operations and inability to reason or work with symbols.

Similar words

preoperative preoperatory pre-op preoperation pre-operative presurgical preincisional preprocedural presurgery preop

Often followed by

stage child children period thought thinking and level to

Word family

pre-operational