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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One who is undergoing rehabilitation, as for a disability.

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  • The average rehabilitant stays one year, and because of intensive case management, says Holt, Harbor House boasts roughly an 80 percent success rate, which she calls "very high."

    Colorado Springs Independent 2009

  • The average rehabilitant stays one year, and because of intensive case management, says Holt, Harbor House boasts roughly an 80 percent success rate, which she calls "very high."

    AltWeeklies.com Site Feed 2009

  • A hundred years age there wasn't a great deal of difference between a physiotherapist and a licensed sports massage therapist - both provided an almost identical rehabilitant service, but today's licensed physiotherapist actually use very little, if any massage, techniques in their treatment and rehabilitation of injuries and ailments.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

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