- Relapse (Substantives), lapse, falling back, retrogression, reaction, set-back, recidivism, retrogradation, etc. 659.
- Remedy (Substantives), help, redress, cure, antidote, counter - poison, vaccine, antitoxin, specific, prophylactic, corrective, restorative, sedative, anodyne, opiate, Nepenthe, Mithridate.
- Bane (Substantives), rod, scourge, curse, scathe, sting, gall and wormwood.
(Phrases). A new lease of life; "Richard's himself again."
(Verbs). To return to the original state, to right itself, come to, rally, revive, recover.
To restore, replace, re-establish, reinstate, reseat, replant, reconstitute, redintegrate, set right, set to rights, rectify, redress, reclaim, redeem, recover, recoup, recure, retrieve, cicatrise.
To refit, recruit, refresh, refocillate, rehabilitate, reconvert, reconstitute, renovate, revive, regenerate, rejuvenesce, rejuvenate, resuscitate, reanimate, recast, reconstruct, rebuild.
(Phrases). Recall to life; set on one's legs.
To cure, heal, cicatrise, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate.
(Adjectives). Restoring, etc., restored, etc.
(Phrase). Rising from its ashes.
Restorable, sanable, remediable, retrievable, recoverable.
(Adverbs). In statu quo; as you were; Phœnix-like.
Return to, or recurrence of a bad state.
A recidivist, a throw-back.
(Verbs). To relapse, lapse, fall back, slide back, sink back, go back, return, retrograde, etc.
Physic, medicine, drug, tonic, medicament, nostrum, recipe, prescription, catholicon.
Panacea, elixir, elixir vitœ, balm, balsam, cordial, cardiac, theriac, ptisan, carminative.
Pill, pilule, tablet, tabloid, lozenge, powder, draught, etc.
Salve, ointment, plaster, epithem, embrocation, liniment, lotion, cataplasm, styptic, poultice, vulnerary, cosmetic, etc.; sanativeness.
Treatment, diet, dieting, regimen; clinic.
Pharmacy, Pharmacology, Materia Medica, Therapeutics, Homœopathy, Allopathy, Radiotherapy, Hydropathy, Osteopathy, Dietetics, Dietary, Chirurgery, Surgery, Midwifery, Obstetrics; faith-healing.
A hospital, infirmary, pest-house, lazaretto, madhouse, asylum, lunatic asylum, maison de santé, ambulance, dispensary, sanatorium, nursing home.
(Adjectives). Remedial, medical, medicinal, therapeutic, surgical, chirurgical, sanatory, sanative, salutary, salutiferous, healing, paregoric, restorative, tonic, corroborant, analeptic, balsamic, anodyne, sedative, lenitive, demulcent, emollient, depuratory, detersive, detergent, abstersive, disinfectant, antiseptic, corrective, prophylactic, antitoxic, febrifuge, alterative, expectorant; veterinary.
Dietetic, alexipharmic, nutritious, nutritive, alimentary.