Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rerecovery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rere-cov-ery
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An additional recovery following a relapse.

Example Sentences

"Joseph Sheehan discusses relapse and rerecovery from stuttering in Chapter 6."
"One (1) patient demonstrated recovery, remission, and subsequent rerecovery, which coincided with the commencement, cessation, and retreatment with propranolol."
"With worrisome patients, it may be in order to predict or prescribe a relapse followed by a rerecovery, a sequence which gives greater confidence in the trustworthiness of the outcome."

Etymology

From re- + recovery.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Inflected Forms

rerecoveries (plural)

Questions

What does rerecovery mean?: An additional recovery following a relapse.
Where does rerecovery come from?: From re- + recovery.

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