postoperatively

English

Etymology

From post- +‎ operative +‎ -ly.

Adverb

postoperatively (not comparable)

1. In a postoperative context; after surgery.
   • 2011, Pauline K. Park, “Assessment of Noncardiac Perioperative Risk”, in Michael W. Mulholland, Gerard M. Doherty, editors, Complications in Surgery, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 83:

     General anesthesia may decrease the functional residual capacity (FRC) for up to 1 to 2 weeks postoperatively.