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- Dictionaryconvalesce/ˌkɒnvəˈlɛs/
verb
- 1. recover one's health and strength over a period of time after an illness or medical treatment: "he spent eight months convalescing after the stroke"
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to rest in order to get better after an illness or operation: Dad’s out of the hospital and convalescing at home.
Convalesce definition: to recover health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health.. See examples of CONVALESCE used in a sentence.
When you convalesce, you heal or grow strong after illness or injury, often by staying off your feet. The related adjective convalescent means "recovering from sickness or debility," and a convalescent home is a hospital for long-term recuperation and rehabilitation.
Convalesce is a soft-sounding word, and it describes something you should do in a soft bed: recover from an illness. When someone is convalescing, you can be sure something bad happened to them. Maybe they were hit by a car, had a heart attack, or got a bad case of the flu.
to rest in order to get better after an illness or operation: Dad’s out of the hospital and convalescing at home.
the process or period of resting in order to get better after an illness or operation. (Definition of convalescence from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of convalescence.
Define convalesce. convalesce synonyms, convalesce pronunciation, convalesce translation, English dictionary definition of convalesce. intr.v. con·va·lesced , con·va·lesc·ing , con·va·lesc·es To return to health and strength after illness; recuperate.
verb. If you are convalescing, you are resting and getting your health back after an illness or operation. [formal] After two weeks, I was allowed home, where I convalesced for three months. [VERB] ...those convalescing from illness or surgery. [VERB + from] Synonyms: recover, rest, rally, rehabilitate More Synonyms of convalesce.
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