Meanings
adjectivereoperable (not comparable)
- not comparablemedicineAble to be reoperated upon
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Thus, we could extend the indication for more radical surgery to include most of our patients with multifocal thyroid lesions, particularly those with incidental thyroid cancer discovered postsurgically in a multinodular goiter that would not have been reoperable if it had been detected before the initial surgery.
2016 January 20, “Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy as a Preoperative Procedure in Patients with Malignancy in Solitary and Multiple Thyroid Nodules”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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reoperable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reoperable
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“reoperable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reoperable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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