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
- wear someone/thing out
- wear something out (also wear out)
- wear the silver fern
- wear the trousers
- wear thin
- weary
- wearying
- wearyingly
- weasand
- weasel
- weasel-faced
- weaselly
- weasel's snout
- weasel words
- weather
- weather balloon
- weather-beaten
- weatherboard
- weatherboarding
- weather bomb
- weatherbound
- weather chart
- weathercock
- weathered
- weatherfish