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postoperatively

postoperatively adverb: in a postoperative context; after surgery.

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 &...

Origin of postoperatively

From post- + operative + -ly.

Questions about postoperatively

What does postoperatively mean?
Postoperatively means in a postoperative context; after surgery.
What part of speech is postoperatively?
Postoperatively is an adverb.

Words near postoperatively in the dictionary

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

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