| recover | 1. To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright. "Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease." (2 Kings i. 2) 2. To make one's way; to come; to arrive. "With much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch." (Fuller) 3. To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| recoverin | <protein> Calcium binding protein containing 3 EF hand motifs. No longer thought to be activator of photoreceptor guanylate cyclase. Related to visinin, P26, 23 kD protein, s modulin, also to 21 kD CaBP and neurocalcin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| recovery | 1. A getting back or regaining; recuperation. 2. Emergence from general anaesthesia. 3. In nuclear magnetic resonance, refers to relaxation. Origin: M.E., fr. O.Fr. Recoverer, fr. L. Recupero, to recover, get back, fr. Re-, again, + capio, to take (05 Mar 2000) |
| recovery boiler | A pulp mill boiler in which lignin and spent cooking liquor (black liquor) is burned to generate steam. (05 Dec 1998) |
| recovery room | Hospital unit providing continuous monitoring of the patient following anaesthesia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| recovery score | A number expressing the condition of an infant at various stipulated intervals greater than 1 minute after birth and based on the same features assessed by the Apgar score at 60 seconds after birth. (05 Mar 2000) |