recuperateverb [ I ]
uk/rɪˈkuː.pər.eɪt/us/rɪˈkuː.pər.eɪt/to become well again after an illness; to get back your strength, health, etc.:
She spent a month in the country recuperating from/after the operation.
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Recovering from illness
- be on the mend idiom
- bounce
- bounce back
- clear (sth) up
- come round
- convalescence
- convalescent
- correct
- feel like a new woman/man idiom
- get over sth/sb
- heal
- hold
- lacunar
- mend
- new
- pull
- rehab
- rehabilitation
- rose
- throw sth off
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recuperation
noun [ U ] uk/rɪˌkuː.pərˈeɪ.ʃən/us/rɪˌkuː.pərˈeɪ.ʃən/