Word: postoperative
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: post
op
er
a
tive
Definition: Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.
Morphemes:
Affix: post-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: after, later
Etymology Compounds: Affix: post
Language: la
Decoded: post
Meaning: after, behind
Affix: operate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: operātus
Language: la
Decoded: operatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: worked, laboured, toiled
Affix: -ive
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ivus
Language: la
Decoded: -ivus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Adjective suffix.