enhanced recovery

noun

: the extraction of oil from a nearly exhausted well by methods more costly and complex than waterflooding alone

Examples of enhanced recovery in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After returning to Earth, mice receiving the receptor treatment also showed an enhanced recovery of muscle mass. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Sep. 2020

Scientists still have a ways to go in terms of predicting and enhancing recovery from neurological injuries, Rosenow added. — Michelle Lou, CNN, 27 June 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for enhanced recovery

• discovery