Hospital area, for short
The crossword clue "Hospital area, for short" is answered by PREOP, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
PREOP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PREOP answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- POSTOP (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PREOP
Every other clue in this collection answered by PREOP, most used first.
- Before surgery, informally - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Before surgery - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Before surgery, briefly - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Before surgery, for short - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Hospital prep area - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Hospital area - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
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