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pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons; used in surgery; characterized by extreme precision or incisiveness

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Usage examples (35)
  • Some patients 'postsurgical claims were tracked for up to five years.
  • Surgical interventions require postsurgical rehabilitation and wound repair.
  • The next time I saw Dave, he was in the postsurgical recovery room at the Queens Medical Center.
  • The Boulder, Colo., company said a study of its postsurgical dental treatment reduced patients 'pain.
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