Definitions of convalesce [ˌkɒn vəˈlɛs]

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Definition of 'convalesce'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) convalesce
to recover health and strength after illness.

Etymology: (1475–85; < L convalēscere to grow fully strong =con-con - +valēscere to grow strong (val(ēre) to be well +-escere -esce ))

Definition of 'convalesce'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) recuperate, recover, convalesce
get over an illness or shock
"The patient is recuperating"

Definition of 'convalesce'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) convalesce
to recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce

Translation of 'convalesce'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to recover health and strength after an illness He is convalescing in the country.
Afrikaans: herstel	Arabic: يَتَماثَل إلى الشِّفاء، ي	Bulgarian: възтановявам се
Brazilian: convalescer	Czech: zotavit se	German: genesen
Danish: rekonvalescere; komme sig	Greek: αναρρώνω	Spanish: convalecer, recuperarse
Estonian: paranema	Farsi: دورۀ نقاهت را گذراندن	Finnish: parantua
French: être en convalescence	Hebrew: לְהַחֲלִים	Hindi: स्वास्थ्य लाभ करना
Croatian: ozdraviti, ozdravljivati	Hungarian: lábadozik, felépül	Indonesian: memulihkan kesehatan
Icelandic: ná sér eftir veikindi, ve	Italian: essere in convalescenza	Japanese: 快方に向かう
Korean: 회복하다	Lithuanian: sveikti	Latvian: atveseļoties
Malay: berehat supaya pulih	Dutch: herstellen	Norwegian: komme seg, være på bedrin
Polish: wracać do zdrowia	Persian: دورۀ نقاهت را گذراندن	Pashto: ورو ورو ښه كېدل، سوكه سوك
Portuguese: convalescer	Romanian: a fiîn convalescenţă	Russian: выздоравливать
Slovak: zotavovať sa	Slovenian: okrevati	Serbian: oporaviti se
Swedish: tillfriskna, vara på bätt	Thai: พักฟื้น	Turkish: iyileşmek
Taiwanese: 療養	Ukrainian: видужувати	Urdu: افاق‍ہ هونا، رو بصحت هونا
Vietnamese: hồi phục	Chinese: 康复
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