# aftercare

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɑːf.tə(ɹ).kɛə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #50,343

## Definitions
1. The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization.
2. Services and support offered to a customer for the goods or service they have purchased.
3. Childcare services tending to children after the school day.
4. Emotional support offered by the programme makers to a person who has appeared on a stressful television show.
5. 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.

## Etymology
From after- + care.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/aftercare