postoperatively

1. 1.

   after the operation

   “remove postoperatively”

Questions about postoperatively

What does postoperatively mean?

postoperatively means "after the operation".

How many syllables are in postoperatively?

postoperatively has 7 syllables: po-sto-pe-ra-ti-ve-ly. The stress falls on "ti".

Is postoperatively a common word?

postoperatively 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.