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Definition of perioperative
: relating to, occurring in, or being the period around the time of a surgical operation perioperative morbidity perioperative nursing
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Brill, 65, is a professor emeritus of clinical anesthesiology and perioperative medicine at UCLA.
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Koliwad, who has been studying microglia for several years and also specializes in diabetes research, collaborated on the study with Dr. Mervyn Maze, professor of anesthesia and perioperative care at UCSF.
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First Known Use of perioperative
1966
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perioperative
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adjective
peri·op·er·a·tive
\-ˈäp-(ə-)rət-iv, -ˈäp-ə-ˌrāt-\
Medical Definition of perioperative
: relating to, occurring in, or being the period around the time of a surgical operation perioperative morbidity
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