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Webster 1913 Edition


Revalescence

Revˊa-les′cence

,
Noun.
The act of growing well; the state of being revalescent.
Would this prove that the patient’s
revalescence
had been independent of the medicines given him?
Coleridge.

Definition 2024


revalescence

revalescence

English

Noun

revalescence (uncountable)

  1. The act of growing well, or recovering from illness.
  2. The state of being revalescent.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
      Would this prove that the patient's revalescence had been independent of the medicines given him?