patient recovery
Getting well again
Patient recovery is the process of regaining health after illness, injury, or surgery.
The phrase appears constantly in medical contexts: The new treatment protocol improved patient recovery times.
Recovery implies gradual restoration—patients don't recover instantly but move through stages back toward baseline function.
Her patient recovery took several months of physical therapy.
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- healingRestoration of health
- restCessation of activity
- taking it easyDeliberately slowing down
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
home care services · mobility training · back on your feet · caregiving · self-acceptance · occupational therapy · peer support · coping mechanisms · wound closure · mindfulness · mental clarity · aftercare · rehabilitation · restoration · counseling services · family involvement · support system · tissue repair
patient recoveryrelapse
Return to former illness
regression · decompensation · downward spiral · going downhill · setback
patient recoverytreatment failure
Therapy not achieving goals
mortality · poor prognosis · nonresponse · terminal decline · fatality
patient recoverydisease progression
How illness worsens over time
metastasis · exacerbation · flare-up · recurrence · terminal decline