convalescence
the gradual recovery of health and strength after illness.
the period during which one is convalescing.
Origin of convalescence
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How to use convalescence in a sentence
After his recovery and convalescence he enrolled at the University of Arizona in Tucson on the GI Bill, and later transferred to Washburn University in his home state of Kansas.
Bob Dole dies at 98; anti-LGBTQ record is part of his legacy | Brody Levesque | December 5, 2021 | Washington BladeDuring a long convalescence, he became a serious reader and developed an aversion to hospitals and blood.
Aaron Beck, psychiatrist who developed cognitive therapy, dies at 100 | Matt Schudel | November 3, 2021 | Washington PostBaha Mar’s Travel with Confidence initiative includes a $150 daily food and beverage credit with its courtesy convalescence suite.
The latest hotel amenity doesn’t involve massages or cookies: It’s a free coronavirus test. | Andrea Sachs | March 12, 2021 | Washington PostWhile there, she accidentally contracted conjunctivitis from an infant with gonorrhea ophthalmia and subsequently lost an eye after a long and painful convalescence.
Determined to practice medicine, two sisters defied conventions | Janet Golden | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostIf Captain America can come back from the dead, then his current convalescence is only a temporary derailment.
DC Comics’ Diversity Crisis: Why the Status Quo Rules | Liz Watson | July 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Hospitalized, seriously injured, he would return after a six-week convalescence.
French Vote Thrusts Two Women Into the Spotlight | Tracy McNicoll | March 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter a long period of convalescence following her breakdown, she breathes a sigh of relief when she is able to write.
The Neglected Penelope Mortimer Was a Novelist Ahead of Her Time | Jessica Ferri | March 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDuring my convalescence I had bought and read for the first time, The King in Yellow.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMoreover, his convalescence involved a continuing “liberal education.”
Portrait of FDR as a Young Man: How He Became a Radical | Harvey J. Kaye | October 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt appears early in the catarrhal stage, and persists until after convalescence.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddI was blinded by passion; but that my emotional depths were not even stirred was manifested by the rapidity of my convalescence.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonShe charged him with having been a remarkable case, and he piled up illustrations of what he felt able to do in his convalescence.
Hilda | Sarah Jeanette DuncanThe nurse smiled, and left him to his thoughts, which now came freely enough—too freely to help him to convalescence.
The Bag of Diamonds | George Manville FennA great weakness seemed to overcome him, for an unusual gentleness came into his voice, the quiet tone of weak convalescence.
The Woman Gives | Owen Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for convalescence
/ (ˌkɒnvəˈlɛsəns) /
gradual return to health after illness, injury, or an operation, esp through rest
the period during which such recovery occurs
Derived forms of convalescence
- convalescent, noun, adjective
- convalescently, adverb
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