convalescentnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌkɒn.vəˈles.ənt/us/ˌkɑːn.vəˈles.ənt/someone who is getting better after a serious illness or injury:
Most convalescents prefer to be cared for at home rather than in a hospital.
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Medical treatment: people who receive medical treatment
- admission
- asthmatic
- case
- casualty
- day patient
- donor
- dying
- epileptic
- geriatric
- injured
- inpatient
- invalid 1
- outpatient
- patient
- PWA
- sick
- sufferer
- under
- victim
- wounded
convalescentadjective
uk/ˌkɒn.vəˈles.ənt/us/ˌkɑːn.vəˈles.ənt/(for or relating to) convalescing:
a convalescent home/hospital
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Recovering from illness
- be on the mend idiom
- bounce
- bounce back
- clear (sth) up
- come round
- convalescence
- correct
- feel like a new woman/man idiom
- get over sth/sb
- heal
- hold
- lacunar
- mend
- new
- pull
- recuperate
- rehab
- rehabilitation
- rose
- throw sth off
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