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- Dictionaryconvalescent/ˌkɒnvəˈlɛsnt/
adjective
- 1. (of a person) recovering from an illness or medical treatment: "a convalescent child"
noun
- 1. a person who is recovering after an illness or medical treatment: "convalescents benefit from relaxation"
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CONVALESCENT definition: 1. someone who is getting better after a serious illness or injury: 2. (for or relating to…. Learn more.
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.
someone who is getting better after a serious illness or injury: Most convalescents prefer to be cared for at home rather than in a hospital. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Medical treatment: people who receive medical treatment. asthmatic. case. casualty. civilian casualty. day patient. donor. epileptic. geriatric. health tourist.
to rest in order to get better after an illness or operation: Dad’s out of the hospital and convalescing at home.
Convalescent definition: convalescing. . See examples of CONVALESCENT used in a sentence.
convalescent - returning to health after illness or debility; "convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed". recovering. ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering".
1. gradually recovering health after illness. 2. of or having to do with convalescence. a convalescent diet. noun. 3. a person who is convalescing. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word origin. < L convalescens. COBUILD frequency band.
noun. /ˌkɒnvəˈlesnt/ /ˌkɑːnvəˈlesnt/ a person who is getting well again after an illness or a medical operation. I treated him as a convalescent, not as a sick man. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
adjective. con· va· les· cent -ˈles-ᵊnt. 1. : recovering from sickness or debility : partially restored to health or strength. convalescent patients. 2. : of, for, or relating to convalescence or convalescents. convalescent stages. a convalescent ward.
Convalescent, as an adjective, can describe the period of recovery or anything related to the process of returning to health, like a convalescent program of physical therapy or a convalescent ward at a hospital. As a noun, a convalescent is a person who is recovering from being sick.
