partial recovery
/pɑrˈʃəl rɪˈkɒvəri/ · par·tial re·cov·er-y
noun
- A situation in which someone or something is recovering, but not fully, from an illness, injury, or other setback. After a year of treatment, the patient experienced a partial recovery and was able to return to work.
- A return to a previous state or condition, but not to the original or complete state. The company experienced a partial recovery from the financial crisis, but still struggled to regain its former market share.
Did you know? The concept of partial recovery is often used in medical and psychological contexts to describe the process of regaining some, but not all, of one's former abilities or health.