Look up: perioperative

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   Perioperative
   Perioperative: Literally, around (the time of) surgery. More specifically, the period of time extending from when the patient goes into the hospital, clinic, or doctor's office for surgery until the time the patient is discharged home.
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   perioperative
   <surgery> Pertaining to the period extending from the time of hospitalisation for surgery to the time of discharge. ... (30 Mar 1998) ...
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   Perioperative
   The `perioperative period` is the time period surrounding a patient's surgical procedure; this commonly includes ward admission, anesthesia, surgery and recovery. Perioperative, generally refers to the three phases of surgery preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative. The goal of perioperative care is to provide better condition for patients before operation, during operation and after operation
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   perioperative
   (per″e-op´әr-ә-tiv) pertaining or relating to the period of time surrounding a surgical procedure, including the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods.
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   perioperative
   pertaining to the period extending from the time of hospitalization for surgery to the time of discharge.
   Found on http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/