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convalescent Definition

con·va·les·cent (-les′ənt)

adjective

  1. gradually recovering health after illness
  2. of or having to do with convalescence a convalescent diet

Etymology: < L convalescens

noun

a person who is convalescing
convalescent Synonyms

convalescent

modif.

recovering, recuperating, convalescing, improving, discharged, released, ambulatory, getting well, getting better, out of the hospital, past the crisis, out of emergency care, out of intensive care, getting over something, mending, healing, gaining strength, undergoing rehabilitation, restored, rejuvenated, on the mend*; see also well 1.

convalescent Synonyms

convalescent

n.

ambulatory patient, one recovering from a sickness, one recovering from an injury, walking case; see patient.

convalescent Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: Later Brighton had the main convalescent and holiday home for all war-blinded in the south at West House.

Adjective modifier

  • main: Later Brighton had the main convalescent and holiday home for all war-blinded in the south at West House.

Modifies a noun

  • pool: Now Magnus is back in the convalescent pool, Fatima is back to flirting with him.
  • home: The Great War followed, during which he had the house turned into a convalescent home for wounded officers.
  • hospital: In 1908, the Gore Farm Hospital was renamed the Southern Convalescent Hospital.
  • patient: In addition there were 50 Chalets for the convalescent patients.
  • care: Both were located in Margate in Kent and were permitted to continue because they provided medical and convalescent care.
  • period: Plastic surgery may be required in the convalescent period.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: By and by her daughter became convalescent, and was crying continually for some grapes, tho it was winter.

Noun used with modifier

  • seaside: Herne Bay Convalescent Home In July, 1876, the School District opened a children's seaside convalescent home at Herne Bay in Kent.

Possessives

  • pool: We have now open 2 and 3 nursery pools to the convalescent's pool.