What's the difference between recuperate and rehabilitate?

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.

Rehabilitate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; -- a term of civil and canon law.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Nutritionally rehabilitated animals had similar numbers of nucleoli to control rats.
  • (2) The "rehabilitation" and "institutional" meanings of the patient's admission to the clinic have been distinguished.
  • (3) Throughout the period of rehabilitation, the frequent changes of a patient's condition may require a process of ongoing evaluation and appropriate adjustments in the physical therapy program.
  • (4) The discussion on topics like post-schooling and rehabilitation of motorists has intensified the contacts between advocates of traffic law and traffic psychologists in the last years.
  • (5) Another important factor, however, seems to be that patients, their families, doctors and employers estimate capacity of performance on account of the specific illness, thus calling for intensified efforts toward rehabilitation.
  • (6) In patients who had undergone gastric operations, the efficacy of a parenteral rehabilitation with plasma, human albumin and Aminofusin L forte was determined by assessing the extravascular albumin pool.
  • (7) We report on experiences with diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and the results of vocational rehabilitation.
  • (8) A programme is described in which indigenous personnel are trained to provide culturally appropriate rehabilitation services for islanders of the Pacific Basin.
  • (9) Knee preservation is an important factor for better rehabilitation.
  • (10) The weakness was treated by intensive physical rehabilitation with complete and sustained recovery in all cases.
  • (11) The present retrospective study evaluates the outcome of a three-month cardiac rehabilitation exercise program with changes in exercise performance, compliance with postdischarge exercise routine, and return to work pattern.
  • (12) At discharge, 58% were living with their families, 23% were living in group homes, 12% were in supervised apartments and 5% were in an alternative rehabilitation centre.
  • (13) A preliminary study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of therapeutic patient groups in a rehabilitation setting.
  • (14) Perinatal brain damage produced by early zinc deficiency followed by rehabilitation with adequate zinc appears to be long term, maybe permanent.
  • (15) The paper is concerned with an examination of the families of patients suffering from anorexia nervosa and the role they play in rehabilitation and resocialization of patients.
  • (16) The percentage of those who felt they had successful results decreased with time: 82.8% felt their knees had improved immediately after postoperative rehabilitation; this decreased to 78.1% at 6 months, 73.5% at 1 year, 65.5% at 2 years, and 50.0% at 3 years.
  • (17) The other 25 patients, who did not improve with rehabilitation, underwent surgical reconstruction, the majority of these being soft tissue repairs.
  • (18) Other factors that may have important effects on recovery include the localization, nature, extension and degree of brain damage, the patient's sex and age, the duration of coma, the patient's original cognitive capacity, his personality and motivation as well as the duration and intensity of rehabilitation and the time before starting rehabilitation.
  • (19) Advisable in a first time for the feeding of patients with palliative treatment, we propose PEG for patients in position to have a long and difficult rehabilitation of swallowing.
  • (20) Without skilled rehabilitation intervention, their emotional, social, economic, and physical well-being will be greatly impacted, perhaps for life.