Postprandial means after eating a meal while preprandial is before a meal.
This term is used in many contexts. In an upper class Victorian household a postprandial glass of port or brandy and cigar was enjoyed by the gentlemen while the ladies had a postprandial coffee.
Nowadays it is more oftent to be found in relation to blood sugar (or blood glucose) levels, which are normally measured 2 hours after and before eating in a postprandial glucose test.
And I guess we all are familiar with the postprandial lull that besets us when we have eaten just a little more than we actually needed in order not to feel hungry anymore.
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