Usually means: Period around the time of surgery.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. perioperative: Merriam-Webster
  2. perioperative: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Perioperative, perioperative: Wordnik
  4. perioperative: Wiktionary
  5. perioperative: Dictionary.com
  6. Perioperative: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. perioperative: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Perioperative: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
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  7. perioperative: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  8. perioperative: Medical dictionary
  9. Perioperative: Drug Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (perioperative)

▸ adjective:  (surgery) Relating to the period around an operation, including immediate preoperative preparation and postoperative recovery.

Similar:
peri-operative, preop, preoperation, pre-operative, presurgical, pre-op, postoperation, postop, preoperative, periprocedural, more...

Opposite:
postoperative, preoperative

Types:
anesthetic, surgical, operative, postoperative, preoperative, more...

Phrases:
perioperative care, perioperative nursing, perioperative nurse, perioperative analgesia, more...

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Similar:
peri-operative, preop, preoperation, pre-operative, presurgical, pre-op, postoperation, postop, preoperative, periprocedural, more...

Opposite:
postoperative, preoperative

Types:
anesthetic, surgical, operative, postoperative, preoperative, more...

Phrases:
perioperative care, perioperative nursing, perioperative nurse, perioperative analgesia, more...

Colors:
    blue,     green,     white,     light blue,     teal, more...



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