This food is perfect for a convalescent.
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Convalescent
//ˌkɒnvəˈlɛsənt//
Synonyms for "convalescent" (6 found)
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28 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- възстановяващ се adj (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness)
- оздравяващ adj (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness)
Dutch
1 entries- recuperen adj (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness)
Finnish
3 entries- toipilas adj (of convalescence or convalescents)
- toipuva adj (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness)
- toipilas noun (recovering person)
German
4 entries- Genesende betreffend adj (of convalescence or convalescents)
- de Genesung betreffend adj (of convalescence or convalescents)
- genesend adj (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness)
- gesundend adj (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness)
Māori
2 entries- mātūtū adj (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness)
- tumahu adj (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness)
Navajo
1 entries- yáʼátʼééh náádleełii noun (recovering person)
Polish
2 entries- rekonwalescent noun (recovering person)
- rekonwalescentka noun (recovering person)
Russian
2 entries- выздора́вливающий adj (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness)
- поправля́ющийся adj (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- ath-shlàinteach adj (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness)
- ath-shlàinteach adj (of convalescence or convalescents)
Turkish
1 entries- nekahet adj (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness)
Ukrainian
2 entries- той хто одужує adj (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness)
- який одужує adj (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness)
Sample sentences
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One old remedy that came back in vogue with COVID-19 was convalescent plasma, a blood product from patients who have recovered from the disease.
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So soon as Lady Anne was pronounced convalescent by the medical men, she insisted on discharging "that odious woman," the nurse,...
Source: wiktionary
"Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir!"
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