"postoperative" meaning in English

See postoperative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /poʊstˈɑpəɹətɪv/ [General-American], /pəʊstˈɒpəɹətɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: post- + operative Etymology templates: {{affix|en|post-|operative}} post- + operative Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} postoperative (not comparable)
  1. Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: postoperational, postoperatory Translations (of, pertaining to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation): postoperatori (Catalan), leikkauksen jälkeinen (Finnish), leikkauksenjälkeinen (Finnish), postoperatiivinen (Finnish), postopératoire (French), post-opératoire (French), postoperativ (German), μετεγχειρητικός (metencheiritikós) (Greek), posztoperatív (Hungarian), műtét utáni (Hungarian), postoperatorio (Italian), pooperacyjny (Polish), pós-operatório (Portuguese), postoperatoriu (Romanian), posoperatorio (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-postoperative-en-adj-KCZbhUmG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: post-operative

Noun

IPA: /poʊstˈɑpəɹətɪv/ [General-American], /pəʊstˈɒpəɹətɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: postoperatives [plural]
Etymology: post- + operative Etymology templates: {{affix|en|post-|operative}} post- + operative Head templates: {{en-noun}} postoperative (plural postoperatives)
  1. A transgender person who has undergone gender reassignment surgery. Categories (topical): Transgender
    Sense id: en-postoperative-en-noun-bsWQ8Ywq Disambiguation of Transgender: 8 92 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with post- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with post-: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: post-operative

Inflected forms

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