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Convalescent
noun
Word Frequency:
0.7
Definitions
1.
noun
A person recovering from illness.
"I had been ill in health, but am now a convalescent."
2.
adjective
Recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness
3.
adjective
Of convalescence or convalescents
"She stayed in a convalescent hospital for two weeks before returning home."
Synonyms
recovering
ill
sick
revalescent
recuperation
rehabilitation
recovery
rehabilitative
vacation
infirmary
healing
reconvalescent
Rhymes With
quiescent
evanescent
effervescent
incessant
iridescent
luminescent
fluorescent
incandescent
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