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postoperative

UK/pəʊstˈɒpəɹətɪv//poʊstˈɑpəɹətɪv/

postoperative adjective: of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.

Adjective

postoperative (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.
    • The postoperative procedure is as follows.
    • She was looking even paler, more post-operative, as it were, than she had on waking.1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 139

Noun

postoperative (plural postoperatives)

  1. A transgender person who has undergone gender reassignment surgery.

postoperative meaning in Tamil

postoperative in Tamil

அறுவைக்குப் பிற்காலம், அறுவைப்பின்

Examples of postoperative in a sentence

  • Lower-cost B.B.L.s have created a market for similarly priced postoperative care.
  • All NSFs were well mucosalized on the sellar floor and there was no postoperative CSF leak.
  • After ulnar ostectomy, postoperative radiographs document the location and length of the ostectomy gap.

All 16 example sentences with postoperative

Forms of postoperative

Adjective
alternative formpost-operative
Noun
pluralpostoperatives

Origin of postoperative

From post- + operative.

Questions about postoperative

What does postoperative mean?
Postoperative means of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.
What is postoperative in Tamil?
Postoperative in Tamil is அறுவைக்குப் பிற்காலம், அறுவைப்பின். See Postoperative meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is postoperative?
Postoperative can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce postoperative?
Postoperative is pronounced /poʊstˈɑpəɹətɪv/ (US).

Words near postoperative in the dictionary

  1. postonset
  2. postoophorectomy
  3. postop
  4. postoperation
  5. postoperational
  6. postoperative
  7. postoperatively
  8. postoperatives
  9. postops
  10. postoptic
  11. postoral

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