Definition of "post-op" [post-op]

• Postoperative: post-op care; post-op complications. (adjective)
• A postoperative patient. (noun)
• A section of a hospital providing postoperative treatment. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I am utilizing this Model to share with you how my pain has impacted (or inhibited) my healing process (two full weeks post-op)."
• "Patients whose babies had died during delivery shared a post-op room with luckier women who cradled healthy babies in their arms."
• "I read his tweet talking about Kat Von D from LA Ink, where he stated that the more he watches this programme, the more he reckons Kat Von D is a ‘post-op’."