REHAB
What does "REHAB" mean?
Treatment to restore health, function, or a property; short for rehabilitation.
Meanings
- A program or facility for treating addiction or restoring physical function after illness or injury. After the surgery he spent three weeks in rehab relearning to walk. informal
- The renovation or restoration of a building or property. The old factory rehab turned the warehouse into lofts. informal
- To restore to health, good condition, or function. They rehabbed the injured hawk and released it in spring. informal
Word origin
A 20th-century shortening of 'rehabilitation', from Latin 'rehabilitare', from 're-' ('again') plus 'habilitare' ('to make fit'), from 'habilis' ('able, fit').
Remember it
RE + HAB: get your 'hab'-ility back. 'Habilis' (Latin: able) is hiding in the middle.
A little poem
Slow as a key relearning its own lock-
the body counts to one, then walks the block.
couplet
What it teaches
Recovery is not the day you fall but the unglamorous count of mornings you choose to begin again.
Quick facts
What does REHAB mean?
Treatment to restore health, function, or a property; short for rehabilitation.
Is REHAB a valid word?
Yes — REHAB is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is REHAB?
REHAB has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does REHAB come from?
A 20th-century shortening of 'rehabilitation', from Latin 'rehabilitare', from 're-' ('again') plus 'habilitare' ('to make fit'), from 'habilis' ('able, fit').
What can REHAB teach us?
Recovery is not the day you fall but the unglamorous count of mornings you choose to begin again.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.