postcaustic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

post- +‎ caustic

Adjective[edit]

postcaustic (not comparable)

  1. Following destruction of tissue
    • 2015 July 15, Chih-Chien Yao et al., “Endoscopic Management of Foreign Bodies in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract of Adults”, in BioMed Research International[1], volume 2015, →DOI:
      In our study, 66 out of 226 (29.2%) incidents of foreign bodies' ingestion were associated with underlying pathologies including esophageal and hypopharyngeal cancer, postcaustic injury benign stenosis, esophageal stricture, and anastomoses.