Letter R

Rehabilitation

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The process of restoration of skills by a person who has had an illness or injury so as to regain maximum self-sufficiency and function in a normal or as near normal manner as possible.

For example, rehabilitation after a stroke may help the patient walk again and speak clearly again.

The word comes from the Latin 'rehabilitare' meaning to make fit again.

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