postoperative

About 6.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   The postoperative procedure is as follows.

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

Similar words

surgical operative post-op post-operative post-surgical convalescent postsurgical recuperative postop recovery

Often followed by

period care pain complications day management course patients radiation analgesia

Word family

postoperatively