aftercare.
The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization.
Meaning & usage
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 creators of a television program 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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros Proto-Germanic *after Old English æfter Middle English after English after ▲ Old English æfter Old English æfter- Middle English after- English after- Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-der. Proto-Germanic *karō Proto-West Germanic *karu Old English caru Middle English care English care English aftercare From after- + care.
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