Origin: Latin suffix -ive
Postoperative has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
A transgender person who has undergone gender reassignment surgery.
"The postoperative patient shared their experience of living in alignment with their true self after undergoing gender reassignment surgery."
happening or done after a surgical operation
"postoperative complications"
"postoperative care"
Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.
"The nurse checked his postoperative vital signs every hour until he was stable."