Perisurgical

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Around the time of surgery. not-comparable

    "First, during the perisurgical period, which is the time from the beginning of the surgery until 4 hours after surgery, only 8 of 31 mice in the CMI group died, while 18 of 37 perisurgical deaths were seen in the SMI group (Fig 3C )."

Example

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"First, during the perisurgical period, which is the time from the beginning of the surgery until 4 hours after surgery, only 8 of 31 mice in the CMI group died, while 18 of 37 perisurgical deaths were seen in the SMI group (Fig 3C )."

Etymology

From peri- + surgical.

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