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post-op

post-op adjective: happening after an operation.

Adjective

post-op (not comparable)

  1. Happening after an operation.
    • a postop consultation
    • When Randi Wright got a Brazilian butt lift in 2020 — a complex surgery in which fat is liposuctioned from the abdomen or lower back or other fleshy parts and used to enlarge and shape the buttocks — she knew she couldn’t afford the most expensive post-op care.2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine
  2. Having been operated on.
    • As stated earlier all post-op transsexuals live in a parallel world where it is prudent to keep information regarding one's transsexual status limited to only those who need to know.2010, Anne M. Vitale, The Gendered Self

Noun

post-op (plural post-ops)

  1. A postoperative patient or procedure.
  2. A postoperative trans man or trans woman.

Synonyms of post-op

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Forms of post-op

Adjective
alternative formpostop
Noun
pluralpost-ops

Origin of post-op

From post- + op.

Questions about post-op

What does post-op mean?
Post-op means happening after an operation.
What part of speech is post-op?
Post-op can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near post-op in the dictionary

  1. post-office box
  2. post-office boxes
  3. post-office order
  4. post-office orders
  5. post-offices
  6. post-op
  7. post-operative
  8. post-operatively
  9. post-ops
  10. post-oral
  11. post-order

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