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recuperative

recuperative

2 6.9
Helping someone get better after illness or tiredness
  • adjective
  • /rɪˈkuːpərətɪv/
  • Specialized
: recuperativo
  • Because of DRGs, patients have less recuperative time in hospitals (Coulton, 1988; Peterson, 1987).

It is a, you might say, recuperative process.

Examples

  • Patients receiving TKR are being discharged from structured therapy early in their recuperative process (Fitzgerald et al., 2004).

    Academic text (2005)

  • But that night in 1892, she slept a deep, sweet, recuperative, and dreamless sleep.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • His recuperative powers have proved tremendous.

    The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)

  • It is a, you might say, recuperative process.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • Lee: Is it just because you didn't want to undergo the recuperative process to have your knees replaced?

    Academic text (2007)

  • Despite its current difficulties, Russia's vast recuperative strength has often been underestimated.

    Academic text (1995)

  • At CIA, we've just completed a study of their staggering recuperative abilities.

    Path to War (2003)

  • The novel's descriptive texture records both the possibilities and the pitfalls of this recuperative gesture.

    Academic text (2018)

  • After her long illness, she needed some time for recuperative rest to regain her strength.

  • Taking a few days off work felt necessary for recuperative purposes after the stressful deadlines.

Synonyms

restorative
vsrecuperative
13 5.4

Helping someone feel better and stronger

helps recovery specifically after illness, fatigue, or stress
rehabilitative
vsrecuperative
3 6.4

Helping a person get better and live normally after illness, injury, addiction, or prison

is about restoring immediate health, strength, or energy rather than long process
revitalizing
vsrecuperative
  • US
2 4.3

Something that makes a person or thing feel stronger and more energetic

aims at physical recovery of health and strength after illness or stress
reviving
vsrecuperative
1 3.6

Giving new energy and making someone feel awake again

supports longer recovery toward full health and strength after illness
restitutive
vsrecuperative
1 7.9

Making someone feel healthy and strong again

has identical meaning and focuses on recovery after illness or fatigue

Antonyms

harmful
158 2.6

Causing damage to people, animals or things

debilitating
42 7.5

Causing serious weakness that stops normal daily activities

How Restorative

restorative
2 6.3
recuperative
  • Specialized
2 6.9
therapeutic
86 5.2

Surface Forms

recuperative positive

Morphology

recuperative = recuperate (transparent) = recuperate + ive

The adjective is a regular adjectival derivation from the verb 'recuperate' with a clear meaning 'helping to recover'.

Etymology

Recuperative comes from recuperate, which uses the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the idea of getting something back. So a recuperative treatment or rest helps you 'get back' your health, strength, or energy after sickness or tiredness.