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postop

postop is the alternative form of post-op.

Meaning of post-op

Adjective

post-op (not comparable)

  1. Happening after an operation.
    • a postop consultation
  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

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Forms of postop

pluralpostops

Questions about postop

What is postop the alternative form of?
Postop is the alternative form of post-op.

Words near postop in the dictionary

  1. Poston
  2. postoncospheral
  3. Postons
  4. postonset
  5. postoophorectomy
  6. postop
  7. postoperation
  8. postoperational
  9. postoperative
  10. postoperatively
  11. postoperatives

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