convalescence
/ˌkɒnvəˈlɛsns
/noun [mass noun]
Time spent recovering from an illness or medical treatment; recuperation: a period of convalescence [count noun]: I had a long convalescence ahead...
- It is important to remember that it is a very serious condition and that recovery and convalescence can take time - months and years, rather than weeks.
- Adults with disability or conditions such as alcoholism may also require extended convalescence and careful discharge planning.
- Recovery is mostly uneventful but convalescence is prolonged with generalized weakness, fatigue and depression.
Synonyms
recuperation, recovery, return to health, process of getting better, rehabilitation, improvement, mending, restoration
Rhymes
- Knight, Bobby
- knight commander
- knight errant
- knight-errantry
- knighthood
- knight in shining armour (or knight on a white charger)
- Knight, John S.
- knightlike
- knightliness
- knightly
- knight marshal
- knight of the road
- knight of the shire
- Knightsbridge
- knight service
- Knights Hospitaller
- Knights Templar
- kniphofia
- knish
- knit
- knitbone
- knitter
- knitting
- knitting machine
- knitting needle