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Verb: convalesce  `kón-vu'les
  1. Get over an illness or shock
    "The patient is convalescing"
    - recuperate, recover

Derived forms: convalesced, convalescing, convalesces

See also: convalescence, convalescent

Type of: ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate

Nearest

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contumelious
contumeliously
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contusion
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conurbation
Conuropsis
Conuropsis carolinensis
convalesce
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convalescent
Convallaria
Convallaria majalis
Convallariaceae
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