aftercare
English
Etymology
From after- + care.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɑːf.tə(ɹ).kɛə/, /ˈæf.tə(ɹ).kɛə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæf.tɚ.kɛɹ/
Noun
aftercare (uncountable)
- (medicine) The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization.
- 2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, New York: Knopf, Chapter 27,
- A nurse came in behind him with some aftercare instructions, and the three of us made our way to the car.
- 2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, New York: Knopf, Chapter 27,
- (business, frequently attributive) Services and support offered to a customer for the goods or service they have purchased.
- Emotional support offered by the programme makers to a person who has appeared on a stressful talk show, etc.
- 2010, Jeremy Kyle, You Couldn't Make It Up
- […] bring the aftercare we do in the UK to the US and see if our approach can get the same great results on both sides of the Atlantic.
- 2010, Jeremy Kyle, You Couldn't Make It Up
- (BDSM) Tender affection and care given to a partner after a BDSM activity, usually to serve as a transition between the activity and whatever follows it.
- Childcare services tending to children after the school day.
Translations
the care given to a patient during recovery
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See also
- forecare