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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Convalescence

/känˌ-vəl-ĕs'-əns/ · Con·va·les·cence · IPA /kˌɑnvəlˈɛsəns/
01 n. The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between the s…
  1. 1.
    The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between the subsidence of a disease and complete restoration to health.