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• Post-op

  [pohst-op] /ˈpoʊstˌɒp/ Informal. adjective 1. . adverb 2. postoperatively: We’ll have to see how he does postop. post-operative

• Postoperative

  [pohst-op-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv, -op-ruh-tiv] /poʊstˈɒp ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv, -ˈɒp rə tɪv/ adjective 1. occurring after a surgical operation. /pəʊstˈɒpərətɪv; -ˈɒprətɪv/ adjective 1. of, relating to, or occurring in the period following a surgical operation postoperative post·op·er·a·tive (pōst-ŏp’ər-ə-tĭv, -ŏp’rə-, -ŏp’ə-rā’-) adj. Happening or done after a surgical operation.

• Post-operative

  [pohst-op-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv, -op-ruh-tiv] /poʊstˈɒp ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv, -ˈɒp rə tɪv/ adjective 1. occurring after a surgical operation. /pəʊstˈɒpərətɪv; -ˈɒprətɪv/ adjective 1. of, relating to, or occurring in the period following a surgical operation adj. also postoperative, “occurring after a surgical operation,” 1869, from post- + operative. Short form post-op is attested from 1971. […]

• Postoperatively

  [pohst-op-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv, -op-ruh-tiv] /poʊstˈɒp ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv, -ˈɒp rə tɪv/ adjective 1. occurring after a surgical operation. /pəʊstˈɒpərətɪv; -ˈɒprətɪv/ adjective 1. of, relating to, or occurring in the period following a surgical operation postoperative post·op·er·a·tive (pōst-ŏp’ər-ə-tĭv, -ŏp’rə-, -ŏp’ə-rā’-) adj. Happening or done after a surgical operation.

• Postoral

  [awr-uh l, ohr-] /ˈɔr əl, ˈoʊr-/ adjective 1. uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony. 2. of, using, or transmitted by speech: oral methods of language teaching; oral traditions. 3. of, relating to, or involving the mouth: the oral cavity. 4. done, taken, or administered through the mouth: an oral dose of medicine. 5. Phonetics. […]

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