postcaustic

English

Etymology

From post- +‎ caustic.

Adjective

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, 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.