convalescent

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[edit] English

[edit] Adjective

convalescent (not comparable)

  1. Recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness.
  2. Of convalescence or convalescents (see below).

[edit] Translations

recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness
of convalescence or convalescents

[edit] Noun

convalescent (plural convalescents)

  1. A person recovering from illness.
    I had been ill in health, but am now a convalescent.

[edit] Translations

recovering person

[edit] Latin

[edit] Verb

convalēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of convalēscō
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