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postbariatric

postbariatric adjective: after bariatric surgery.

Adjective

postbariatric (not comparable)

  1. After bariatric surgery.
    • From an economic standpoint, research suggests that the operation can pay for itself within a few years because a postbariatric patient now requires less medical care and fewer prescriptions .2007 November 18, Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. Levitt, “The Stomach-Surgery Conundrum”, in New York Times

Origin of postbariatric

From post- + bariatric.

Questions about postbariatric

What does postbariatric mean?
Postbariatric means after bariatric surgery.
What part of speech is postbariatric?
Postbariatric is an adjective.

Words near postbariatric in the dictionary

  1. postbag
  2. postbags
  3. postbailout
  4. postbankruptcy
  5. postbaptismal
  6. postbariatric
  7. postbase
  8. postbaseline
  9. postbases
  10. postbasic
  11. postbath

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