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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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