Recuperate
To recover health and strength. From the Latin recuperare meaning to regain, get back, recover. To recuperate is to convalesce.
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re·cu·per·ate ri-'k(y)ü-pə-.rāt vb,
-at·ed;
-at·ing vt to get back or recover
<recuperating health and strength after pneumonia> vi to recover health or strength
<time to \recuperate after major surgery>
Medical dictionary.
2011.