convalescent
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Sense: modif.
Synonyms:
recovering, recuperating, convalescing, improving, discharged, released, ambulatory, getting well, getting better, out of the hospital, past the crisis, out of emergency care, out of intensive care, mending, healing Collocations, gaining strength, undergoing rehabilitation, restored, rejuvenated, on the mend, better Collocations, feeling better, much improved, over the worst, in recovery, getting over sth
Sense: n.
Synonyms:
ambulatory patient, one recovering from a sickness, one recovering from an injury, walking case, patient Collocations, sick person, invalid, sufferer, inpatient, outpatient