- wound repair
- regeneration
- protein refolding
- oxidative-damage repair
- immune recovery
- restoration after starvation or dormancy
Operational definition
Allocation function.
The restoration of structure, function, reserves, or physiological regulation after damage, stress, disease, depletion, or disturbance.
It differs from ordinary maintenance by responding to a measurable departure from the normal viable state.
It includes:
- wound healing;
- regeneration;
- repair of oxidative damage;
- rebuilding after starvation;
- restoration after dormancy;
- immune recovery.