post-op

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Etymology

From post- +‎ op.

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post-op (not comparable)

  1. Happening after an operation.
    a postop consultation
    • 2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine:
      When Randi Wright got a Brazilian butt lift in 2020 — a complex surgery in which fat is liposuctioned from the abdomen or lower back or other fleshy parts and used to enlarge and shape the buttocks — she knew she couldn’t afford the most expensive post-op care.
  2. Having been operated on.
    • 2010, Anne M. Vitale, The Gendered Self:
      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.

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post-op (plural post-ops)

  1. (medicine) A postoperative patient or procedure.
  2. (LGBTQ) A postoperative trans man or trans woman.

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