postoperative
adjective
post·op·er·a·tive
ˌpōst-ˈä-p(ə-)rə-tiv 
-pə-ˌrā-
1
: following a surgical operation
postoperative care
2
: having recently undergone a surgical operation
a postoperative patient
postoperatively
adverb
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Many singers have undergone vocal operations and returned to top-of-game performance — Miley Cyrus and Justin Timberlake among them — though long periods of postoperative vocal rest are obviously more financially tolerable for people who spent their junior-high years on Disney’s payroll.
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Dessa Dessa Tanya Pérez Alec K. Redfearn, New York Times, 12 June 2024
Inflammatory disease, immune deficiency, or a bleeding disorder can increase the risk of postoperative complications after eye muscle surgery and may interfere with healing.
—Troy Bedinghaus, Od, Verywell Health, 1 June 2024
Routine postoperative examinations are usually completed the day after surgery, about a week after surgery and about a month after surgery.
—Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
Canadian radiation oncologist Vera Peters pioneered the use of lumpectomies and postoperative radiation to treat breast cancer patients.
—Amy Scharf, Scientific American, 11 Jan. 2024
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Dessa Dessa Tanya Pérez Alec K. Redfearn, New York Times, 12 June 2024
Inflammatory disease, immune deficiency, or a bleeding disorder can increase the risk of postoperative complications after eye muscle surgery and may interfere with healing.
—Troy Bedinghaus, Od, Verywell Health, 1 June 2024
Routine postoperative examinations are usually completed the day after surgery, about a week after surgery and about a month after surgery.
—Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
Canadian radiation oncologist Vera Peters pioneered the use of lumpectomies and postoperative radiation to treat breast cancer patients.
—Amy Scharf, Scientific American, 11 Jan. 2024
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postoperative
adjective
post·op·er·a·tive
ˈpōst-ˈäp-(ə-)rət-iv
1
: relating to, occurring in, or being the period following a surgical operation
postoperative care
2
: having recently undergone a surgical operation
a postoperative patient
postoperatively
adverb
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