2. Adjective. having being operated on ¹
3. Noun. a patient who has been operated on. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Postop
1. a patient after undergoing a surgical operation [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Postop
Literary usage of Postop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"Mitteil, aus d. Grenzgeb. der Med. u. Chir., 1906, Bd. 16, s. 790. WRIGHT.
Practitioner, 1897, vi, 598. ZADE. Ueber postop. arterio-mesent. ..."
2. Case Studies from the Quality Improvement Support System by David H. Gustafson (1998)
"... of surgery and daily per pharmacy postop day 4 INR Anticoagulant prophylaxis
for hip and knee Anticoagulant prophylaxis to start pre- operatively? ..."
3. Annals of Ophthalmology (1904)
"... the intraocular disinfection with iodoform. In 13, out of the first group of
16, the eyes were preserved. The three cases of postop erative infections, ..."
4. Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy: Principles and Techniques by Camran Nezhat (2000)
"For example, expectations regarding pain and discomfort postop- eratively may
differ between women in Europe and America and can be influenced culturally. ..."
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