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English
Etymology
From post- + operative.
Pronunciation
Adjective
postoperative (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.
- Coordinate term: preoperative
- 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.
Translations
of, pertaining to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation
Noun
postoperative (plural postoperatives)
- A transgender person who has undergone gender reassignment surgery.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
postoperative
- inflection of postoperativ:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular