Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Postoperative.
- noun A postoperative patient.
- noun A section of a hospital providing postoperative treatment.
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- noun medicine A
postoperative patient orprocedure . - noun LGBT A postoperative
transman ortranswoman
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Examples
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"I always stand up the front!" says Bernette's husband with the relish of a man who won't let it put him off the post-op buffet.
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*Commerically available specialized supplement programs exist that combine all these building block ingredients into one formulation for ease of use, provide specific amounts of each appropriate supplement to support healing and delineate which vitamins should be taken pre-op and post-op.
Neal M. Blitz, D.P.M., F.A.C.F.A.S.: What Vitamins Should You Take Before Surgery? Neal M. Blitz 2011
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Patients whose babies had died during delivery shared a post-op room with luckier women who cradled healthy babies in their arms.
Chi Mgbako: The Architecture of Maternal Death Chi Mgbako 2011
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Last night I was stunned to read someone I considered a friend making a comment about someone he called a ‘post-op’.
An open letter, or ‘how I learned not to use the N word’ « I'm Not Broken 2010
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Patients whose babies had died during delivery shared a post-op room with luckier women who cradled healthy babies in their arms.
Chi Mgbako: The Architecture of Maternal Death Chi Mgbako 2011
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Patients whose babies had died during delivery shared a post-op room with luckier women who cradled healthy babies in their arms.
Chi Mgbako: The Architecture of Maternal Death Chi Mgbako 2011
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I am utilizing this Model to share with you how my pain has impacted (or inhibited) my healing process (two full weeks post-op).
Hollye Harrington Jacobs: Breast Cancer and Surgery: What a Pain! Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011
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I am utilizing this Model to share with you how my pain has impacted (or inhibited) my healing process (two full weeks post-op).
Hollye Harrington Jacobs: Breast Cancer and Surgery: What a Pain! Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011
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Patients whose babies had died during delivery shared a post-op room with luckier women who cradled healthy babies in their arms.
Chi Mgbako: The Architecture of Maternal Death Chi Mgbako 2011
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I read his tweet talking about Kat Von D from LA Ink, where he stated that the more he watches this programme, the more he reckons Kat Von D is a ‘post-op’.
An open letter, or ‘how I learned not to use the N word’ « I'm Not Broken 2010
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