recover

/ɹɪˈkʌvə/verb

To return to good health or a normal state; to get back something that was lost.

Example sentence

“It took her a month to recover from the flu.”

You recover from an illness. Written with a hyphen, 're-cover' means something else entirely: to put a new cover on.

Related words

illnessThe condition of being unwell; a disease or a period of poor health.treatmentThe medical help given to someone who is sick or hurt.allergyAn immune-system overreaction to a normally harmless substance, specifically the type I form driven by immunoglobulin E antibodies.symptomA sign that shows something exists or is happening, especially something bad such as an illness.vitaminPlaced before a word or its first letter to suggest that the thing named is good for health or wellbeing.injuryPhysical harm done to the body of a person or animal.