1. Return to an original state
   "the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid" 
2. Gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
   - convalescence, recuperation 
3. The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
   - retrieval

Derived forms: recoveries

See also: recover

Type of: act, advance, betterment, deed, healing, human action, human activity, improvement

Encyclopedia: Recovery

• Phyllostomidae
• Phyllostomus
• Phyllostomus hastatus
• phyllotaxis
• Phylloxera
• Phylloxera vitifoleae
• Phylloxeridae
• phylogenesis
• phylogenetic
• phylogenetic relation
• phylogenetically
• phylogeny
• phylum
• phylum Acanthocephala
• phylum Annelida
• phylum Arthropoda
• phylum Aschelminthes
• phylum Brachiopoda
• phylum Bryozoa
• phylum Chaetognatha
• phylum Chordata
• phylum Cnidaria
• phylum Coelenterata
• phylum Cryptophyta
• phylum Ctenophora