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post-operatively

post-operatively is the alternative form of postoperatively.

Meaning of postoperatively

Adverb

postoperatively (not comparable)

  1. In a postoperative context; after surgery.
    • General anesthesia may decrease the functional residual capacity (FRC) for up to 1 to 2 weeks postoperatively.2011, Pauline K. Park, “Assessment of Noncardiac Perioperative Risk”, in Michael W. Mulholland, Gerard M. Doherty, editors, Complications in Surgery, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams &...

Questions about post-operatively

What is post-operatively the alternative form of?
Post-operatively is the alternative form of postoperatively.

Words near post-operatively in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: post-operatively (page history and authors); postoperatively (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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