post·pran·di·al | ˌpōs(t)ˈprandēəl |
adjective
formal or humorous during or relating to the period after dinner or lunch: we were jolted from our postprandial torpor.
• Medicine occurring after a meal: an annual postprandial blood glucose test.
ORIGIN
early 19th century: from post- ‘after’ + Latin prandium ‘a meal’ + -al.