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postsurgery

postsurgery adjective: after surgery.

Adjective

postsurgery (not comparable)

  1. After surgery.
    • ReAble Therapeutics, the orthopedic-device maker controlled by the private equity company Blackstone Group, agreed to purchase DJO for $1.6 billion to add leg braces and postsurgery pain therapies.2007 July 17, Bloomberg News, “Orthopedics Maker Buys DJO to Expand”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    postsurgical

Adverb

postsurgery (not comparable)

  1. After surgery.
    Synonyms:
    postsurgically

Synonyms of postsurgery

Origin of postsurgery

From post- + surgery.

Questions about postsurgery

What does postsurgery mean?
Postsurgery means after surgery.
What part of speech is postsurgery?
Postsurgery can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near postsurgery in the dictionary

  1. postsunset
  2. postsuppressional
  3. postsuppurative
  4. postsurfactant
  5. postsurge
  6. postsurgery
  7. postsurgical
  8. postsurgically
  9. postsurvey
  10. postsuspension
  11. postsutural

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