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convalescent

[ UK /kˌɒnvəlˈɛsənt/ ]
[ US /ˌkɑnvəˈɫɛsənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. returning to health after illness or debility
    convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed
NOUN
  1. a person who is recovering from illness

How To Use convalescent In A Sentence

  • The convalescent child was penned up in the house by his parent.
  • a convalescent needs uninterrupted sleep
  • Grants are made for warm clothing, heating bills, beds and bedding, nourishing foods, convalescent holidays, etc.
  • This garlic bouillon was classically made the day after a fête, being excellent for hangovers as well as soothing for convalescents.
  • This garlic bouillon was classically made the day after a fête, being excellent for hangovers as well as soothing for convalescents.
  • In England, porter, originally the beer favoured by porters at the market, became the health drink of the Victorians, often prescribed by doctors for convalescent ladies.
  • Typical pertussis has been divided into three clinical phases: catarrhal, paroxysmal, and convalescent.
  • Indeed the oncologist recommended I take convalescent leave during this period.
  • Hope is the bridge from this age, in which God has given the saints the medicine for their cure, to that coming age in which they no longer will be convalescents.
  • He would rather be judged as a professional footballer than by the forgiving standards of a convalescent.
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