Definition of Postoperative

1. Adjective. Happening or done after a surgical operation. "Postoperative care"

Similar to: Operative, Surgical

Definition of Postoperative

1. Adjective. of, pertaining to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Postoperative

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Postoperative

postnoun
postnouns
postnuclear
postnucleation
postnup
postnups
postnuptial
postobese
postoblongata
postobservation
postobservations
postocular
postoffice
postoffices
postop
postoperative (current term)
postoperatively
postops
postoral
postorbital
postorbitals
postorder
postoutbreak
postovulation
postovulatory
postpaid
postpainterly
postpalatine
postpartisan

Literary usage of Postoperative

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1921)
"OH PERRY PEPPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL postoperative PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS, WITH 3 ILLUSTRATIVE CASES STATISTICS have been published which seem to show that ..."

2. The Surgical Clinics of North America by Stanley P. L. Leong (1922)
"The postoperative dietary treatment of surgical ulcers really begins before the operation. An important item is the preliminary determination of free and ..."

3. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1922)
"TABULATION or DATA SHOWN IN FIGURES 370 TO 378 Total number of cases 102 Average length of postoperative life (years) 1.47 Per cent. ..."

4. Surgical Diagnosis by Daniel Nathan Eisendrath (1909)
"In postoperative ileus and peritonitis there is early and absolute ... In postoperative peritonitis the abdomen is not distended as early as in ileus, ..."

5. The Thyroid Gland: Clinics of George W. Crile and Associates by George Washington Crile (1922)
"An enema is given routinely on the morning of the second postoperative day if the condition of the patient permits. It is wise to omit this procedure if ..."

6. Surgical Shock and the Shockless Operation Through Anoci-association by George Washington Crile, William Edgar Lower (1920)
"And one of the most gratifying improvements is the striking diminution of the postoperative nervousness and postoperative neurasthenia. ..."

7. Surgical After-treatment by Le Roi Goddard Crandon, Albert Ehrenfried (1912)
"The occurrence of postoperative hernia depends, first, on sepsis, ... The longer the incision, the greater the likelihood of postoperative hernia. ..."

8. Anoci-association by George Washington Crile (1914)
"ASEPTIC WOUND FEVER AND postoperative HYPERTHYROIDISM Since it is a physical law that any form of force may be converted into heat, and that heat thus ..."

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