Reoperable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to be reoperated upon not-comparable

    "Thus, we could extend the indication for more radical surgery to include most of our patients with multifocal thyroid lesions, particularly those with incidental thyroid cancer discovered postsurgically in a multinodular goiter that would not have been reoperable if it had been detected before the initial surgery."

Example

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"Thus, we could extend the indication for more radical surgery to include most of our patients with multifocal thyroid lesions, particularly those with incidental thyroid cancer discovered postsurgically in a multinodular goiter that would not have been reoperable if it had been detected before the initial surgery."

Etymology

From re- + operable.

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