postoperatively
Meaningafter the operation
Common meaning: in the period after surgery
- postafter, later
- operwork, a piece of workLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1267 · scan
- ativelyadverb ending: in a way that tends to
‘after, later’ + ‘work, a piece of work’ → postoperatively
Journey through time
- Latinopus, operis‘work, a piece of work’
- Englishpostoperatively‘in the period after surgery’ · today
post- also in: postpartumpostoperative
oper also in: operainoperativepostoperativenonoperational
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin opus ‘work, a piece of work’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry opus, p. 1267 · dictionary scan
Roots
- opus, operis Latin “work, a piece of work”
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