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Rehabilitation

The act of rehabilitating, or the state of being rehabilitated.

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Exoneration 76% connected

The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.

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Restoration 76% connected

The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; reestablishment; as, the restora…

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Vindication 76% connected

The act of vindicating, or the state of being vindicated; defense; justification against denial or censure; as, the vindication of opinions; his vind…

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Rehabilitate 74% connected

To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a d…

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Rehabilitate 74% connected

To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a d…

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Reclamation 92% connected

The act or process of reclaiming.

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Renewal 92% connected

The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty.

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Actinotherapy noun · 86% connection

(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

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Aromatherapy noun · 86% connection

the therapeutic use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils in baths or massage

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Botanical medicine noun · 86% connection

the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet)

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Chemotherapy noun · 86% connection

the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness)

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Curietherapy noun · 86% connection

the use of radium in radiation therapy

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Electric healing noun · 86% connection

the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)

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Electrical healing noun · 86% connection

the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)

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Electromotive drug administration noun · 86% connection

therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues

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Electrotherapy noun · 86% connection

the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)

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EMDA noun · 86% connection

therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues

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Heliotherapy noun · 86% connection

therapeutic exposure to sunlight

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Herbal therapy noun · 86% connection

the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet)

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Hormone replacement therapy noun · 86% connection

hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis

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Hormone-replacement therapy noun · 86% connection

hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis

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HRT noun · 86% connection

hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis

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Immunotherapy noun · 86% connection

therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system

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Inflation therapy noun · 86% connection

therapy in which water or oxygen or a drug is introduced into the respiratory tract with inhaled air

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Infrared therapy noun · 86% connection

the use of infrared radiation (as by infrared lamps or heating pads or hot water bottles) to relieve pain and increase circulation to…

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Rehabilitated imp. & p. p. · 72% connection

of Rehabilitate

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Rehabilitating p. pr. & vb. n. · 72% connection

of Rehabilitate

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