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Recuperative   /rɪkˈupərətɪv/   Listen
Recuperative

adjective
1.
Promoting recuperation.  Synonym: restorative.  "Strongly recuperative remedies" , "Restorative effects of exercise"





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"Recuperative" Quotes from Famous Books



... manner, twenty-eight had some fever." This experience of one physician is corroborated by that of others who find that the more we tamper with the natural functions in time of stress the harder do we make the recuperative process. There are certainly times when catharsis is necessary but "one thing is certain, the day for routine purgation is past."[54] Even in emergencies we need to know why we administer cathartics and in chronic cases we may be sure that they are ...
— Outwitting Our Nerves - A Primer of Psychotherapy • Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury
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... Norway had come to be regarded too much as a mere appanage of Sweden. Between that and his manifold and distracting cares as theatrical director, he had let imaginative work slide for the time being; but his years abroad had a recuperative effect, and, in addition, broadened his mental outlook in a remarkable manner. Foreign travel, a wider acquaintance with differing types of humanity, and, above all, a newly-won acquaintance with the contemporary literature of other countries, made a deep impression upon Bjornson's ...
— Three Dramas - The Editor—The Bankrupt—The King • Bjornstjerne M. Bjornson
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... inches in length. These had escaped from the stomach through the two apertures made by the bullet; and upon an examination of the contents, I found a great number of the same parasites crawling among the food, while others were attached to the mucous membrane of the paunch. This fact exhibits the recuperative power of an elephant in recovering ...
— Wild Beasts and their Ways • Sir Samuel W. Baker
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Words linked to "Recuperative" :   restorative, recuperate, healthful


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