aftercare
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editaftercare (uncountable)
- (medicine) The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization.
- 2020, Yaa Gyasi, chapter 27, in Transcendent Kingdom, New York: Knopf:
- A nurse came in behind him with some aftercare instructions, and the three of us made our way to the car.
- (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.
- (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.
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editthe care given to a patient during recovery
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