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rehabilitation
noun(re-ha-bil-i-ta-tion)the action, process, or result of rehabilitating or of being rehabilitated: such as
rehabilitation
noun(re-ha-bil-i-ta-tion)restoration especially by therapeutic means to an improved condition of physical function; also : the process of restoring a person to a drug- or alcohol-free state
rehabilitation
noun(re-ha-bil-i-ta-tion)the process of restoring someone (such as a criminal) to a useful and constructive place in society
rehabilitation
noun(re-ha-bil-i-ta-tion)a medical specialty concerned with preventing, diagnosing, and treating disabling diseases, disorders, and injuries by physical means (as by the use of electrotherapy, therapeutic exercise, or pharmaceutical pain control) —called also physiatry, physical medicine