What does the word, post-operative, mean?
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"post" means "after." so. after an operation.
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After an operation.
post - after. operative- operation
It means that whatever it is used to work, but now it is lazy, and won't work at all.
after the operation
The time for recovery right after an operation
It means after the operation.
after the operation
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PRE means before, POST means after. SO, there you have it! Oh yeah, Operative, means operation so it's "after the operation"..typically used on an instruction sheet, etc!
after the fact.or.after the surgery.operation..
after surgery.
Post-means after Pre-means before
after the operation
After surgery.
The nurses get to help bring you back to health if necessary and prepare to let ya go home.
Happening or done after a surgical operation.
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anything after a surgery/ recovery-care-dressing-medicat.
Literally, it refers to someone who has just gone through an operation. Often, it's used to refer to a transgender person who has changed gender. Pre-op means not yet changed gender, post-op means has changed gender.
post–
pref.
After; later: postmillennial.
Behind; posterior to: postaxial.
[Latin, from post, behind, after.]
It is an adjuctive means anything done after an operation,such as cleaning the dressing,follow up the general state of the patient ,follow up the site of the operation etc.
after a operation
it means after surgery.
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