围术期

圍術期
wéishùqī
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 perioperative period (medical)
  2. 2 the time around surgery (pre-op, intra-op, post-op)

Examples

Wéishùqī guǎnlǐ duì shǒushù chénggōng zhì guān zhòngyào.
Perioperative management is critical to surgical success.
Mázuì yīshēng fùzé zhěnggè wéishùqī de jiānhù.
The anesthesiologist is responsible for monitoring throughout the perioperative period.

Tips

memory
(wéi, surround) + (shù, here = 手术 surgery) + (qī, period) — literally 'the period surrounding surgery'. The Chinese mirrors the Latin prefix peri- ('around') in 'perioperative'.

Stroke Order

wéi
shù