Make ready for surgery
I believe the answer is:
prep
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">make ready for surgery</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for prep that I've seen before include "Homework (abbrev.)" , "warm-up race" , "School work done outside lessons" , "Homework (abbr.)" .)