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Webster 1913 Edition
Convalescent
Conˊva-les′cent
,Adj.
[L.
convalescens
, -entis
, p. pr.: cf. F. convalescent
.] 1.
Recovering from sickness or debility; partially restored to health or strength.
2.
Of or pertaining to convalescence.
Conˊva-les′cent
,Noun.
One recovering from sickness.
Webster 1828 Edition
Convalescent
CONVALESCENT
,Adj.
Definition 2024
convalescent
convalescent
English
Adjective
convalescent (not comparable)
- Recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter IV”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- "Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir!"
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- Of convalescence or convalescents (see below).
Translations
recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness
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of convalescence or convalescents
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Noun
convalescent (plural convalescents)
- A person recovering from illness.
- I had been ill in health, but am now a convalescent.
Translations
recovering person
French
Adjective
convalescent m (feminine singular convalescente, masculine plural convalescents, feminine plural convalescentes)
Noun
convalescent m (plural convalescents, feminine convalescente)