postoperative

• post-operative

From post- + operative.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /poʊstˈɑpəɹətɪv/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəʊstˈɒpəɹətɪv/

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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.

• postoperational
• postoperatory

postoperative (plural postoperatives)

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

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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