- revalescent
- a. convalescent.♦ revalescence, n.
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Revalescent — Rev a*les cent, a. [L. revalescens, entis, p. pr. of revalescere; pref. re re + valescere, v. incho. fr. valere to be well.] Growing well; recovering strength. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Revalescence — Rev a*les cence, n. The act of growing well; the state of being revalescent. [1913 Webster] Would this prove that the patient s revalescence had been independent of the medicines given him? Coleridge. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
