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- (of a person) recovering from an illness or medical treatment（人）康复的, 恢复的。
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- attrib. relating to convalescence（与）康复（有关）的：
a convalescent home.
疗养院, 康复院。
- a person who is recovering after an illness or medical treatment恢复期的病人。
派生词
convalescence
noun词源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin convalescent- 'growing strong, recovering', from the verb convalescere （see CONVALESCE）.