Convalescent Definition

känvəlesənt
convalescents
adjective
Gradually recovering health after illness.
Webster's New World
Of or having to do with convalescence.
A convalescent diet.
Webster's New World
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noun
convalescents
A person who is convalescing.
Webster's New World

A person recovering from illness.

I had been ill in health, but am now a convalescent.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • walking case
  • one recovering from an injury
  • one recovering from a sickness
  • ambulatory patient

Other Word Forms of Convalescent

Noun

Singular:
convalescent
Plural:
convalescents

Origin of Convalescent

  • From French convalescent, from Latin convalescens.

    From Wiktionary

Convalescent Sentence Examples

  • The patient should continue to take about 100 grains a day for at least a fortnight after he is apparently convalescent, otherwise a recrudescence is very probable.

  • The infirmary convalescents are sent to the convalescent house in Corstorphine.

  • A convalescent home (1872) commemorates the recovery from illness of King Edward VII.

  • He was not dead, but evidently the crisis was over and he was convalescent.

  • On a site of three acres stands the convalescent home of the Norfolk and Norwich hospital.

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