postoperative
See also: post-operative
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- (General American) IPA(key): /poʊstˈɑpəɹətɪv/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəʊstˈɒpəɹətɪv/
Adjective edit
postoperative (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.
- Coordinate term: preoperative
- The postoperative procedure is as follows.
- 1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 139,
- She was looking even paler, more post-operative, as it were, than she had on waking.
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of, pertaining to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation
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Noun edit
postoperative (plural postoperatives)
- A transgender person who has undergone gender reassignment surgery.
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postoperative
- inflection of postoperativ: