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单词 convalescent
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convalescent

noun
/ˌkɒnvəˈlesnt/
/ˌkɑːnvəˈlesnt/
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  1. a person who is getting well again after an illness or a medical operation
    • I treated him as a convalescent, not as a sick man.

convalescent

adjective
/ˌkɒnvəˈlesnt/
/ˌkɑːnvəˈlesnt/
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  1. connected with convalescence; in the process of convalescence
    • a convalescent home (= a type of hospital where people go to get well after an illness)
    • a convalescent child
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryConvalescent is used with these nouns:
    • home
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin convalescent- ‘growing strong, recovering’, from the verb convalescere, from con- ‘altogether’ + valescere ‘grow strong’ (from valere ‘be well’).
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