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postoperative
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post·op·er·a·tive  (pst-pr--tv, -pr-, -p-r-)
adj.
Happening or done after a surgical operation.
post·oper·a·tive·ly adv.
postoperative [pəʊstˈɒpərətɪv -ˈɒprətɪv]
adj
(Medicine) of, relating to, or occurring in the period following a surgical operation
postoperatively  adv
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Adj.1.postoperative - happening or done after a surgical operation; "postoperative complications"; "postoperative care"
operative, surgical - relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry"
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