Rehabilitation Terms

verb to recover from illness or exertion; to regain strength or health

• After undergoing surgery, it is important to rest and recuperate in order to allow your body to heal properly.
• I'm going to take a few days off work to just relax and recuperate from the stress.
• I partied too hard last night, I need to stay in bed all day and just recuperate.
• After a long week of work, I like to spend the weekend recuperating by doing things I enjoy.

noun a type of traumatic brain injury that occurs when the brain rapidly shifts inside the skull as a result of sudden acceleration or deceleration, causing widespread damage to the brain's axons

• Diffuse axonal injury is a type of traumatic brain injury that is characterized by widespread damage to the brain's white matter.
• I heard that diffuse axonal injury is a serious condition that can result from a car accident.
• Man, that diffuse axonal injury sounds like a real brain buster.
• Dealing with that problem was like navigating through a maze of diffuse axonal injury.

noun a member of the Algonquian people of the Atlantic coast

• The American Dental Association (ADA) sets the standards for dental practices across the country.
• I need to schedule an appointment with my adl for a teeth cleaning.
• My adl is the best dentist in town, hands down.
• Learning to take care of my teeth has been an important adl in my self-care routine.