complete recovery
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcompleteandrecovery
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complete
adjective
uk/kəmˈpliːt/us/kəmˈpliːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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recovery
noun[S or U]
uk/rɪˈkʌv.ər.i/us/rɪˈkʌv.ɚ.i/
the process of becoming well again after an illness ...
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(Definition ofcompleteandrecoveryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In the first stringent analysis, we classifiedcompleterecoveryor much improvement as improved.
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What were the distinguishing features of adoptive families in which children showed the mostcompleterecovery?
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The patient showedcompleterecoveryand was discharged from hospital 28 days postoperatively.
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Respondents were optimistic aboutcompleterecoveryof hearing in these children at 12 months after tube insertion (median ca. 95 percent).
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The period of time required forcompleterecoveryis quite variable, however.
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On its own, this generally leads to a rapid and almostcompleterecoveryfrom the effect of the cross-splice.
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Because of this limitation,completerecovery, if possible at all, is achieved only months or years following the transplant.
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Acompleterecoverywas achieved following treatment with compazine.
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A marked reduction in effective contrast was obtained within seconds, althoughcompleterecoverytook minutes.
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Completerecoveryof responses after removal of agonists or antagonists was rarely seen in our experiments.
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In the first patient, there was a preceding mild attack of "upper respiratory tract infection" from which he apparently made acompleterecovery.
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Of the 12 independent excision products examined, not one was acompleterecoveryof the original nucleotide sequence.
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Damaged peripheral nerves can regenerate and recover, butcompleterecoveryfrom severely damaged spinal nerves is almost never observed.
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In terms of eating disorder symptoms, it was found that more than half of the patients achieved acompleterecovery.
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Consequently, during the recovery phase, our recordings were often lost or declined in amplitude beforecompleterecoverywas achieved.
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She made acompleterecovery.
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Given that there is now evidence that delirium has a poorer prognosis, with slower and lesscompleterecoverythan was previously thought, this must be open to question.
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At follow-up, 19 % of the respondents reportedcompleterecovery, 20 % felt much better, 57 % had the same complaints and 4 % had become worse compared with their initial assessment.
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