postoperative

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English

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Etymology

From post- +‎ operative.

Pronunciation

Adjective

postoperative (not comparable)

  1. 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

Noun

postoperative (plural postoperatives)

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

German

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Adjective

postoperative

  1. inflection of postoperativ:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
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