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Webster 1913 Edition


Convalescency

{

Conˊva-les′cence

,

Conˊva-les′cen-cy

}
,
Noun.
[L.
convalescentia
: cf. F.
convalescence
.]
The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between the subsidence of a disease and complete restoration to health.

Webster 1828 Edition


Convalescency

CONVALESCENCE

, CONVALESCENCY,
Noun.
[L., to grow stronger; to get strength, to be strong. See Well and Avail.] Renewal of health; the insensible recovery of health and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness.

Definition 2024


convalescency

convalescency

English

Noun

convalescency (countable and uncountable, plural convalescencies)

  1. Dated form of convalescence.