What's the difference between convalescence and recuperate?

Convalescence


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Convalescency

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The assay was developed using serum antibodies collected from horses convalescing from strangles.
  • (2) The CT and MRI findings from the acute stage to the convalescent stage were considered to be characteristic of JE.
  • (3) These predictive equations originate from studies of less than or equal to 30 patients generally lacking measurements beyond the third week of convalescence.
  • (4) The voice claiming to be Chávez says he is convalescing and his closest friends betrayed him.
  • (5) The cytotoxic activity of all the strains tested was neutralized by antibody to the Hly- extracellular material and by convalescent pig serum.
  • (6) Specific immunofluorescence tests demonstrated that IgG and IgM antibodies of acute-phase serum to Rickettsia japonica, a spotted fever group rickettsia isolated from patients in Japan, were not detected, while both IgG and IgM antibody titers of convalescent-phase serum increased to 1:320.
  • (7) Throughout convalescence, no special treatment was given beyond medication.
  • (8) In four additional patients studied serially, the cell-mediated immunity was significantly increased during the recrudescence of herpetic infection, with a mean specific immune release value of 51.7 plus or minus 27.8%, compared to 8.7 plus or minus 1.5% during the convalescent period 2 to 10 weeks later (P is less than 0.05).
  • (9) Reovirus-like agents were detected by electron microscopy in the feces of 11 of 31 patients, but none was found from specimens collected during convalescence or from 16 asymptomatic matched controls (P less than 0.01).
  • (10) The immune adherence hemagglutination (IAHA) test was compared with the complement fixation (CF) test and fluorescent antibody (FA) test to measure the antibody titer to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) in 70 sera of convalescents 2 to 8 weeks after herpes zoster onset.
  • (11) Patients with myocardial infarction underwent coronary angiography in their convalescent period to determine involved vessels.
  • (12) This would involve a long period of convalescence by the patient, followed by years of living with his deformity.
  • (13) However, not all convalescent sera were suppressive, indicating that rats immunized with MBP in FCA could become refractory to EAE without assayable levels of suppressive activity in their sera.
  • (14) Bands of reactivity, of the same molecular mass as some of these, were found on immunoblots when rat and human convalescent sera were used as the source of primary antibody.
  • (15) We investigated the ultrastructure of nasal cilia in 27 children suffering from recurrent infections of the upper respiratory tract, during and after the onset of an acute respiratory infection, and after a convalescent period of 12 weeks.
  • (16) A blocking factor that abrogated leukocyte migration inhibition induced by EBV antigen was detected in acute and convalescent sera obtained from six of eight patients, whereas serum antinuclear autoantibodies were detected in the two patients whose sera failed to block leukocyte migration inhibition.
  • (17) In the event of convalescent problems of renal origin, delayed nephrectomy remains an option.
  • (18) The activities of CPK were higher in the acute stage of influenza than during the convalescence out of bed, whilst the controls showed higher activities when ambulant than during bed rest.
  • (19) Convalescent children and staff whose diarrhea had resolved and who were receiving appropriate antimicrobials were allowed to return to the larger center before negative cultures were obtained and were separated in an isolation room.
  • (20) In healthy seropositive adults, IgG antibodies with the same molecular weight polypeptides, excluding the 205K and 235K polypeptides, were detected as in convalescent CMV-MN patients.

Recuperate


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
  • (v. t.) To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This paper describes a case with symptomless enlarged submandibular glands, the bioptic findings which were suggesting the diagnosis of sialadenosis, the verification of the underlying disorder by child psychiatry, and the recuperation of the boy during puberty.
  • (2) The assessment of the infant's capacity to organize positive interaction experiences with a nurturing adult has led us to better understand the plasticity process which permits the neonate's recuperation form damage to the central nervous system (CNS).
  • (3) Recovery from muscle fatigue after exercise is known to have two beneficial effects: improved blood lactate elimination and a central nervous recuperation of the capacity for exercise.
  • (4) The above system has aided the parents by showing them that the child can be organized and that its health is recuperable, even after damage to the CNS or premature birth.
  • (5) Thus the parents can utilize their nurturing capacities in their relationship with the child to bring about the best recuperation possible.
  • (6) The same results were obtained before day 21 after MPTP in a parkinsonian monkey that did not recuperate.
  • (7) Informing the parents in question of our observations and approach in order to improve the child's behaviour has resulted in gained confidence and cooperation, and therefore optimum recuperation.
  • (8) Recuperation of the initial structure is definitively obtained during the 2nd month.
  • (9) As regards the direction of the recuperation front, it was established that, at any age, the preferential orientation is caudal, with a deviation to the left in a high percentage of the 20 day to 3 month old pigs, and ventral in all individuals.
  • (10) There was partial restauration of the disc space in 2 cases; the last one presented signs of late collapse after early recuperation.
  • (11) On a personal note, Madikizela-Mandela continues: "I have been in and out of hospital since the 25th January this year, not even one phone call from Luthuli House [ANC headquarters], instead you gave an interview saying I was recuperating from an ankle operation when you did not even care what kind of an operation I had.
  • (12) These experiments suggested the possibility that mu-agonists might enhance cardiovascular recuperation following acute hemorrhagic shock.
  • (13) A government official said Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was badly burned in the attack on 3 June, was discharged in Riyadh on Saturday night and moved to a residence in the city owned by the Saudi royal family to recuperate.
  • (14) Yemeni officials accuse Mobley of shooting two guards, killing one, at the hospital where he was recuperating from the wound in his leg in what they say was a March 2010 escape attempt.
  • (15) The sample consisted of 32 mother-infant dyads: 16 having normal DQ (Group A) and 16 having a below normal DQ (Group B) according to Bailey's Test applied to infants who entered a Nutritional Recuperation Center.
  • (16) The long-term effect of the recuperating stay lasts for 9 months.
  • (17) This paper reports a case of left hemidiaphragmatic paralysis in an instructor pilot and his later recuperation.
  • (18) Spontaneous recuperation with less frequent episodes in adolescence is common, and complications are rare, so that we consider symptomatic treatment appropriate, reserving surgical treatment for complicated cases.
  • (19) Nevertheless, this surgery, while not devoid of complications, permits important functional recuperation in a good number of cases (71.2%).
  • (20) This seems to be due to powerful adaptive mechanisms in the regulation of deposition and dissociation of excessive amounts of active serotonin as well as to the morpho-functional recuperation in the transcapillary exchange.