aftercare
Meanings
noun
- The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization.
- Services and support offered to a customer for the goods or service they have purchased.
- Childcare services tending to children after the school day.
- Emotional support offered by the programme makers to a person who has appeared on a stressful television show.
- Tender affection and physical care given to a partner after an activity, usually to serve as a transition between the activity and whatever follows it.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From after- + care.
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