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RECOVERING

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Returning to health after illness or debility

Example:

convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed

Synonyms:

convalescent; recovering

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb recover

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 Context examples: 

Already the ape-men were recovering from their panic.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She was just recovering from one of these attacks when she was prevailed upon to escort Miss Crocker to a lecture, and in return for her virtue was rewarded with a new idea.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“Excellent!” said Holmes, who was recovering his good-humour as his attention became more engrossed by the case.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"We want to know whether a cell recovering from the brink of death retains a permanent epigenetic memory of the experience," Montell said.

(Cells Back from Brink of Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

We have developed a new method for essentially recovering energy from waste heat.

(Harvesting Electrical Power from Waste Heat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It might be for people who are getting older, are chronically ill, recovering from surgery, or disabled.

(Home Care Services, NIH)

NOTE: often denoted using a pick list from a controlled terminology such as: Recovered/resolved, recovering/ resolving, not recovered/not resolved, recovered /resolved with sequelae, fatal, or unknown. [SDTM Events class of observation]

(Adverse Event Outcome, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

For some moments her voice was lost; but recovering herself, she added, and with greater calmness than before—I am now perfectly satisfied, I wish for no change.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

One day, while I was gradually recovering, I was seated in a chair, my eyes half open and my cheeks livid like those in death.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

A scientist who found fame recovering a meteorite that crashed into Russia in 2013 has found 13 kilograms of meteorite-like material in Iran’s Lut desert.

(Huge Haul of Extraterrestrial Material Recovered from Iranian Desert, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)