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To make someone fit to work or to lead their usual life. To bring back to a state of good health or to reinstate full working capacity.  

To bring into the mouth food which has been partly digested in the stomach. The term “reflux” denotes the action of substances, typically food that has been consumed, being expelled or returned upward into the throat and mouth.  

To make something work in a regular way.  

Happening repeatedly after the same period of time.  

To return to an earlier stage or condition.  

An official who keeps the records of people who have been born, married or who have died in a particular area.  

A qualified doctor or surgeon in a hospital who supervises house officers. A person who registers something officially. For many decades this was the term used for a doctor or dentist in training for a hospital career but who had proceeded beyond the very initial stages of being a house officer. The term became divided…

A qualified midwife who is registered to practise.  

An official list. An official recording of vital statistics, including date and place of birth, marriage(s), and death. Recording these data is a legal requirement in the U.S.  

An administrative unit in the National Health Service which is responsible for planning the health service in a region.