postoperative

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   happening or done after a surgical operation

   “postoperative complications”

   “postoperative care”

   Similarsurgical

Questions about postoperative

What does postoperative mean?

postoperative means "happening or done after a surgical operation".

How many syllables are in postoperative?

postoperative has 5 syllables: po-sto-pe-ra-tive. The stress falls on "sto". In IPA it is /ˌpoʊˈstɔpəɹətɪv/.

Is postoperative a common word?

postoperative is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.