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postoperative

adj
/poʊstˈɑpəɹətɪv/US/pəʊstˈɒpəɹətɪv/UK

Etymology

From post- + operative.

  1. derived from operātīvus
  2. derived from operatif
  3. inherited from operative
  4. formed as postoperative — “post- + operative”

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.

    • The postoperative procedure is as follows.
    • 1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 139, She was looking even paler, more post-operative, as it were, than she had on waking.

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

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for postoperative. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA