healing period
Mending interval afterward
A healing period is the time required for recovery after injury, surgery, or trauma.
In medicine, it refers to the interval during which tissue repairs itself: The doctor said to expect a six-week healing period after the procedure.
The term extends to emotional or psychological recovery: She needed a healing period after the divorce.
In dentistry, it often describes the months between implant placement and final restoration.
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- restCessation of activity
- bed restPrescribed period of lying down
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
physical therapy · getting better · mending · wounds · wound care · scars · bandages · scar tissue · stitches · patience · time · therapy · downtime · taking it easy · tender · fragile · bruises · soreness
- medical stagesacute phase, recovery phase, late stage, early-stage, advanced stage
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