recovered

Recovered is the past participle of recover and is used as an adjective or part of a verb phrase to describe something that has returned to a normal state after distress or loss. It can refer to people, objects, or data that have been restored or salvaged.

In health and medicine, recovered describes patients who have regained health or function after illness, injury, surgery, or illness-related setbacks. Recovery can be complete or partial and may involve medical treatment, rehabilitation, and lifestyle adjustments. In mental health and addiction treatment, recovery emphasizes ongoing management, coping strategies, and social reintegration rather than mere symptom relief.

In technology and information management, recovered data or recovered files are information restored after deletion, corruption, or hardware failure, often through backups, data recovery tools, or forensics techniques. Recovered hardware may also refer to components salvaged from damaged equipment.

In disaster response and economics, recovery denotes the process of returning a community, economy, or ecosystem to its pre-crisis state, including rebuilding infrastructure, restoring services, and reviving livelihoods. The pace and extent of recovery depend on factors such as resources, planning, and resilience.

Etymology traces recovered to the Latin recuperare, with later adoption into English. The term is widely used across fields to indicate successful restoration or retrieval to an earlier, better state.