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Meanings of convalescence in English

Portuguese
recuperação
Catalan
recuperació
Spanish
recuperación

Gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury.

        recuperação
        Usage of convalescence in English
        1
        The Old Bachelor was written for amusement, in the languor of convalescence.
        The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 08 / ...
        2
        The cure is incomplete till the full tide of health follows convalescence.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinth...
        3
        These disturbances disappear as soon as convalescence sets in and consciousness returns.
        Valere Aude: Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regen...
        4
        Then came the feeling of wounded pride, the last step towards convalescence.
        Who Cares? A Story of Adolescence
        5
        In patients with AH, the levels of serum HA decreased during convalescence.
        Pubmed
        6
        And this discovered faculty charmed the long, solitary hours of his convalescence.
        A Set of Six
        7
        It can also be used by the patient occasionally, especially during convalescence.
        A Practical Physiology: A Text-Book for Higher Schools
        8
        But Innstetten wished to do what he could to hasten the convalescence.
        The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
        9
        Anyhow, I am a convalescent, and the privileges of convalescence are mine.
        Mary Gray
        10
        In the process of Arithelli's convalescence, comedy fought for place with tragedy.
        The Hippodrome
        11
        Like remembering how to walk after too long a convalescence in bed.
        Existence
        12
        Severe hemorrhage complicated the case, but was controlled, and convalescence speedily ensued.
        Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
        13
        Dólokhov recovered, and Rostóv became very friendly with him during his convalescence.
        War and Peace
        14
        During my convalescence Edmee was much more reserved, but no less attentive.
        Mauprat
        15
        The period of Wargrave's convalescence was a very happy time for him.
        The Jungle Girl
        16
        Anything more sarcastic than that man in his convalescence you couldn't imagine.
        Chronicles of Avonlea
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