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perioperative

American  
[per-ee ah-per-uh-tiv, -pruh-tiv, -puh ray-tiv] / ˌpɛr i ˈɑ pər ə tɪv, -prə tɪv, -pə ˌreɪ tɪv /

adjective

  1. Medicine/Medical. of, relating to, or occurring in the time just before or after a surgical operation.


Example Sentences

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The data showed no new safety signals with the perioperative nivolumab regimen and is consistent with the known safety profiles of individual agents.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

“Pain is this four-letter word that can mean so many different things,” says Vivianne Tawfik, an assistant professor of anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

From Scientific American • Sep. 30, 2021

John Kenealy, clinical director of surgery and perioperative services at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland, told reporters Wednesday that his team expects to perform around 500 hours of surgery in the coming days and weeks.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2019

Mr. Spolum’s arms and healthy knee had been gently fastened to the operating table with protective padding, with help from perioperative technician Billy Ortiz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 21, 2018

The big chief at the Human Pain Research Laboratory is Dr Sean Mackey, Redlich professor of anaesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine, neurosciences and neurology at Stanford.

From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2017