Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Recovering health and strength after sickness or debility.
- Pertaining to convalescence; adapted to a state of convalescence.
- noun One who is recovering health or strength after sickness or weakness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Recovering from sickness or debility; partially restored to health or strength.
- adjective Of or pertaining to convalescence.
- noun One recovering from sickness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Recovering one'shealth andstrength after a period ofillness . - adjective Of
convalescence or convalescents (see below). - noun A person
recovering fromillness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective returning to health after illness or debility
- noun a person who is recovering from illness
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Examples
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(Think of those affectionate 80-somethings in convalescent homes, still holding hands.)
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(Think of those affectionate 80-somethings in convalescent homes, still holding hands.)
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Prevention of typhus by serum from convalescent patients presupposes the existence of such patients; moreover, the quantity of serum provided by a convalescent is very small.
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These women are sometimes called convalescent nurses and, in cases where a graduate nurse is not required, they fill a real need in the community.
The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance Marjory MacMurchy Willison
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Throw in other supplemental products - like accident, long-term care and short-term convalescent care insurance - and you'll have the right product to sell in any situation…or for any budget!
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Throw in other supplemental products - like accident, long-term care and short-term convalescent care insurance - and you'll have the right product to sell in any situation…or for any budget!
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Although everyone expected that control of the Myitkyina airport would lead easily and quickly to taking the city, the Japanese rushed in reinforcements—some 5,000 soldiers within two weeks—and Stilwell was forced to order in American convalescent soldiers to maintain an Allied presence in the area.
The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009
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While I was a prisoner in the warehouse aka convalescent home, my "caregivers" often participated in the wildly irrational and amoral schemes of their bosses, then brayed their excuse— "I was only doing my job."—as if sanctioned subservience constitutes an acquittal.
On Ruben Navarro Kay Olson 2007
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If the convalescent is a woman, the means of amusing her are more varied and more congenial perhaps.
Making Good on Private Duty Harriet Camp Lounsbery
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