Meanings
adjectivepostneurosurgical (not comparable)
- not comparableAfter neurosurgery.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pós
- Proto-Indo-European*pósti
- Proto-Italic*posti
- Old Latinposte
- Latinpost
- Englishpost-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*snéh₁wr̥
- Ancient Greekνεῦρον (neûron)
- Ancient Greekνευρο- (neuro-)
- Englishneuro-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰésōr
- Proto-Hellenic*kʰéhər
- Ancient Greekχείρ (kheír)
- Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*worǵós
- Proto-Hellenic*worgós
- Ancient Greekχειρουργός (kheirourgós)
- Ancient Greekχειρουργῐκός (kheirourgĭkós)
- Late Latinchīrurgicus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Medieval Latincirurgicālis
- Middle Frenchcirurgica
- Middle Englishcirurgical
- Englishsurgical
- Englishneurosurgical
- Englishpostneurosurgical
From post- + neurosurgical.
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APA
postneurosurgical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postneurosurgical
MLA
“postneurosurgical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postneurosurgical. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postneurosurgical,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postneurosurgical.
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