postoperative
adjective
- in the stage just following surgery
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /poʊstˈɑpəɹətɪv/ / /pəʊstˈɒpəɹətɪv/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English operative English postoperative From post- + operative.
- Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.
“The postoperative procedure is as follows.”
“1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 139, She was looking even paler, more post-operative, as it were, than she had on waking.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English operative English postoperative From post- + operative.
- A transgender person who has undergone gender reassignment surgery.