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postˈoperative, a. (n.)
[post- B. 1 b.]
Occurring in or pertaining to the period following a surgical operation; having recently undergone an operation. Also as n., a person who has recently had an operation.
1889in Cent. Dict. 1898Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 309 In the first flush of that post-operative quiescence that we all so well recognise as a characteristic of nervous ailments. 1900Lancet 20 Oct. 1152/2 A typical instance of post-operative hæmatemesis. 1925E. Hemingway In our Time (1926) 24 ‘I'm terribly sorry I brought you along, Nickie,’ said his father, all his post-operative exhilaration gone. 1951Science 19 Oct. 416/1 Prothrombin levels remained normal throughout the postoperative period in each animal. 1956K. Hulme Nun's Story x. 160 Sister Luke examined some of his post-operatives. 1962Lancet 5 May 936/1 During the postoperative period he had a chest infection. 1973R. Hayes Hungarian Game xiv. 332 They didn't want postoperatives to smoke. 1977New Yorker 12 Sept. 114/2 Postoperative patients are always complaining about the quality of hospital food.
Hence postˈoperatively adv., after an operation.
1908Practitioner Sept. 435 The nephrectomies shown to have a normal freezing point before operation invariably demonstrated post-operatively that the kidney, which was left, was functionally adequate. 1931Arch. Surg. XXII. 552 The basal metabolic rate was not determined preoperatively or postoperatively. 1961Lancet 26 Aug. 491/1 Why not give sedatives postoperatively by mouth instead of by injection. 1975Nature 8 May 152/2 The occurrence of ptosis and miosis postoperatively was accepted as evidence that surgery had been successful. |