convalescent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   returning to health after illness or debility

   Convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed.

2. 2
   adj

   of convalescence or convalescents

   She stayed in a convalescent hospital for two weeks before returning home.

3. 3
   noun

   A person recovering from illness.

   I had been ill in health, but am now a convalescent.

From French convalescent, from Latin convalēscēn(t-)s, present participle of convalēscere (“to become strong or well”); see convalesce.

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