perisurgical

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adjective

Around the time of surgery.

OriginEnglish surgical ← Middle English cirurgical ← Middle French cirurgica →
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Meanings

adjectiveperisurgical (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAround the time of surgery.

    First, during the perisurgical period, which is the time from the beginning of the surgery until 4 hours after surgery, only 8 of 31 mice in the CMI group died, while 18 of 37 perisurgical deaths were seen in the SMI group (Fig 3C ).

    2015 November 25, “Rapid and Efficient Production of Coronary Artery Ligation and Myocardial Infarction in Mice Using Surgical Clips”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Ancient Greekπερῐ́ (perĭ́)
  3. Englishperi-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰésōr
  6. Proto-Hellenic*kʰéhər
  7. Ancient Greekχείρ (kheír)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*worǵós
  10. Proto-Hellenic*worgós
  11. Ancient Greekχειρουργός (kheirourgós)
  12. Ancient Greekχειρουργῐκός (kheirourgĭkós)
  13. Late Latinchīrurgicus
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Medieval Latincirurgicālis
  17. Middle Frenchcirurgica
  18. Middle Englishcirurgical
  19. Englishsurgical
  20. Englishperisurgical

From peri- + surgical.

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APA

perisurgical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perisurgical

MLA

“perisurgical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perisurgical. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perisurgical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perisurgical.

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