rehabilitation (redirected from Rehabilitation center)

re·ha·bil·i·tate  (rh-bl-tt)

tr.v. re·ha·bil·i·tat·ed, re·ha·bil·i·tat·ing, re·ha·bil·i·tates

1. To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education.

2. To restore to good condition, operation, or capacity.

3. To reinstate the good name of.

4. To restore the former rank, privileges, or rights of.

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[Medieval Latin rehabilitre, rehabilitt-, to restore to a former rank : Latin re-, re- + Late Latin habilitre, to enable; see habilitate.]

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reha·bili·tata·ble adj.

reha·bili·tation n.

reha·bili·tative adj.

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rehabilitation [ˌriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən]

n

1. (Social Welfare) the act or process of rehabilitating

2. (Medicine) Med

a.  the treatment of physical disabilities by massage, electrotherapy, or exercises

b.  (as modifier) rehabilitation centre

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1. The processing, usually in a relatively quiet area, of units or individuals recently withdrawn from combat or arduous duty, during which units recondition equipment and are rested, furnished special facilities, filled up with replacements, issued replacement supplies and equipment, given training, and generally made ready for employment in future operations.
2. The action performed in restoring an installation to authorized design standards.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rehabilitation - the restoration of someone to a useful place in society restoration - the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state correctional rehabilitation - providing penal custody or probation or parole for convicted offenders physical rehabilitation, physical restoration, therapeutic rehabilitation - providing help for disabled persons; the removal or reduction of disabilities vocational rehabilitation - providing training in a specific trade with the aim of gaining employment
	2.	rehabilitation - the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation reclamation, renewal restoration - the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state re-afforestation, reforestation - the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting urban renewal - the clearing and rebuilding and redevelopment of urban slums
	3.	rehabilitation - vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation vindication, exoneration - the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.; "friends provided a vindication of his position"
	4.	rehabilitation - the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises physiatrics, physical therapy, physiotherapy - therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities

Translations

rehabilitation [ˈriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən]

A. N → rehabilitación f

B. CPD rehabilitation centre N → centro m de rehabilitación

rehabilitation [ˌriːhəbɪlɪˈteɪʃ^ən] n

[offender] → réhabilitation f

[patient] → rééducation f
rehabilitation centre n (for drug or alcohol problems) → centre m de désintoxication

rehabilitation

n

(of refugee, troops, the disabled) → Eingliederung f → in die Gesellschaft; (of ex-criminal) → Rehabilitation f; (of drug addict, alcoholic) → Therapie f

(= restoration of position) → Rehabilitation f; (of reputation) → Wiederherstellung f

rehabilitation [ˈriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃ/ən] n (of offender, of disabled) → ricupero, reinserimento