Category: R
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Recruit
To get people to join the staff or a group.
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Recrudescent
Referring to a symptom which has reappeared. Assuming renewed activity after a dormant or inactive period.
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Recreational drug
A drug that is taken for pleasure rather than because of medical need. A drug used for enjoyment rather than for a medical purpose.
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Recovery room
A room in a hospital where patients are cared for after they have had a surgical operation and are recovering from the effects of the anaesthetic. A room near a hospital’s delivery room or operating room, to which patients are taken while they are still under anesthesia. There trained staff monitor the patient’s return to…
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Recovery position
A position in which someone is lying face downwards, with one knee and one arm bent forwards and the face turned to one side. Position in which victims of cardiac arrest should be placed after cardiopulmonary resuscitation if they resume breathing and regain a pulse in order to avoid airway obstruction; the victim is rolled…
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Recover
To get better after an illness, operation or accident. To get back something which has been lost. To regain health after illness; to regain a former state of health.
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Reconstruct
To repair and rebuild a damaged part of the body.
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Recommend
To suggest that it would be a good thing if someone did something.
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Recognise
To see or sense something or someone and remember it from an earlier occasion. To approve of something officially.
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Recipient
A person who receives something such as a transplant or a blood transfusion from a donor. A person who receives something from a ‘donor, such as a blood transfusion or a kidney transplant. One who receives something, especially blood, tissues, or an organ, provided by a donor, as in a blood transfusion or kidney transplant.…