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postacute

postacute adjective: after an acute condition (disease or situation).

Adjective

postacute (not comparable)

  1. After an acute condition (disease or situation).
    • postacute care
    • postacute and long-term care

Forms of postacute

alternative formpost-acute

Origin of postacute

From post- + acute.

Words formed from postacute

Questions about postacute

What does postacute mean?
Postacute means after an acute condition (disease or situation).
What part of speech is postacute?
Postacute is an adjective.

Words near postacute in the dictionary

  1. postacrosomal
  2. postacrosome
  3. postacrostichal
  4. postact
  5. postactivation
  6. postacute
  7. postadamic
  8. postadaptation
  9. postadaptive
  10. postadjudication
  11. postadjudicative

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