Postoperative
//poʊstˈɑpəɹətɪv//
"Postoperative" in a Sentence (3 examples)
Staph infections in hospitals pose a significant threat to the health of postoperative surgical patients.
The postoperative procedure is as follows.
1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 139, She was looking even paler, more post-operative, as it were, than she had on waking.
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