Dictionary entry

Convalescence

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Con′va‐les″cence (?), Con′va‐les″cen‐cy (?) }, n. [L. convalescentia: cf. F. convalescence.] 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.