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How to pronounce convalesce in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms recover, recuperate
Type of improve, meliorate, better, ameliorate
Has types perk up, pick up, snap back, gain vigor, percolate, perk
Verb group recuperate
Derivation convalescence, convalescent

Examples of convalesce

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Cuban officials insisted that Fidel Castro continues to convalesce from surgery.
From the economist.com
The Army awarded him a Purple Heart and returned him to the States to convalesce.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
In June, he was sent to Britain to convalesce, his first stay there since 1786.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Abu Karam was released from the hospital to convalesce at his home in Baghdad.
From the time.com
Doctors cleared the blockage, and Kennedy was released to convalesce in Hyannisport.
From the washingtonpost.com
He was forced to convalesce for three months during winter, the prime surfing season.
From the telegraph.co.uk
How can a newly penniless person properly convalesce in workfare Britiain?
From the guardian.co.uk
After falling ill in January 1791, Ball returned to England to convalesce.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Keats contracted tuberculosis and was told to convalesce in the warmer climate of Italy.
From the post-gazette.com
More examples
  • Recuperate: get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating"
  • (convalescence) gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
  • Convalescence is the gradual recovery of health and strength after illness. It refers to the later stage of an infectious disease or illness when the patient recovers and returns to normal, but may continue to be a source of infection even if feeling better. ...
  • To recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness
  • (Convalescence) The time spent by a person recovering from illness
  • (Convalescence) King Salmon Feeds Emperor Penguin
  • (Convalescence) This is a term used to describe the period of recovery immediately following discharge from hospital when you are still unable to do every duty of your normal occupation and under regular care from your doctor.
  • Convalescence / rest and recuperation (RR)
  • (Convalescing) Shortening, drawing up of muscle tissue.