Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Recuperative \Re*cu"per*a*tive\ (-?*t?v), Recuperatory
\Re*cu"per*a*to*ry\ (-?*t?*r?), a. [L. recuperativus,
   recuperatorius.]
   Of or pertaining to recuperation; tending to recovery.

Source : WordNet®

recuperative
     adj : promoting recuperation; "recuperative powers"; "strongly
           recuperative remedies"; "restorative effects of
           exercise" [syn: {restorative}]