convalesced
past simple and past participle ofconvalesce
convalesce
verb[I]
uk/ˌkɒn.vəˈles/us/ˌkɑːn.vəˈles/torestinorderto getbetterafter anillness:
Afteryouroperation, you'll need to convalesce for aweekor two.
Synonyms
recover
recuperate
Recovering from illness
- clear(something)up
- correct
- curability
- curative
- get oversomething/someone
- granulate
- healing
- hold
- recovery
- regressive
- rehabilitate
- rehabilitation
- rehydrate
- remedial
- remission
- respond
- responsive
- responsiveness
- sleep
- therapeutic
Examplesofconvalesced
convalesced
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The patientconvalescedsatisfactorily and was discharged on the twelfth postoperative day.
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As a result, patients who have not fullyconvalescedare being sent home, placing an extra burden on community services.
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He served successively in several units andconvalescedfrom several illnesses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He thenconvalescedin a cast for eight months.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Her mouth was wired shut, and sheconvalescedfor months, using the time to write songs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She took care of him for another two years as heconvalesced, at his family's home.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Taking ill during the journey, heconvalescedat a monastery and vowed to become a monk himself if he recovered.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Vardonconvalescedat the nearby sanitorium while recovering from tuberculosis and his association with the course spanned many years.
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- state of denial
- state of emergency
- state-of-emergency
- state official
- state of flux
- state of matter
- state-of-matter
- state of mind
- state-of-mind
- state of preservation
- state of readiness
- state of siege
- state-of-the-art
- state-of-the-art
- state-of-the-art equipment
- state-of-the-art facility
- state-of-the-art sound
- stealth bomber
- stealth-bomber
- stealth capability
- steal the limelight
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