1. to restore or be restored to health. 2. (Medicine) (intr; often foll by over or up) (of a wound, burn, etc) to repair by natural processes, as by scar formation. 3. (Medicine) (tr) a. to treat (a wound, etc) by assisting in its natural repair. b. to cure (a disease or disorder)
What's the difference between a flood and a flash flood? Flash floods are distinguished from a regular flood by the length of time it takes for the flood to occur. Under six hours, the flood is referred to as a flash flood. Some can occur within minutes. Areas will not always be able receive a warning that these floods are coming and people can be caught off-guard.
A flash flood after a thunderstorm in the Gobi, Mongolia. A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and basins.It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, tropical storm, or meltwater from ice or snow flowing over ice sheets or snowfields.lash floods most often occur in normally dry areas that have recently received precipitation, but may be seen anywhere downstream from the source of the precipitation, even many miles from the source.