Definitions for convalescences

convalescences con·va·les·cence

Spelling: [kon-vuh-les-uh ns]
IPA: /ˌkɒn vəˈlɛs əns/

Convalescences is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 22 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 29 points.

You can make 677 anagrams from letters in convalescences (accceeelnnossv).

Definitions for convalescences

noun

  1. the gradual recovery of health and strength after illness.
  2. the period during which one is convalescing.

Origin of convalescences

From the Late Latin word convalēscentia, dating back to 1480-90. See convalesce, -ence

Examples for convalescences

Moreover, his convalescence involved a continuing “liberal education.”

He was convalescent, both in body and spirit, but convalescence brought no joy.

I kept about twenty men who were on the road to convalescence.

The convalescence from such a sickness was necessarily long and tiresome.

Hospitalized, seriously injured, he would return after a six-week convalescence.

If Captain America can come back from the dead, then his current convalescence is only a temporary derailment.

The convalescence was slow, lasting through the whole of February.

So long as he did not work he felt that his convalescence was making little progress.

During my convalescence I had bought and read for the first time, The King in Yellow.

After a long period of convalescence following her breakdown, she breathes a sigh of relief when she is able to write.

Word Value for convalescences
Scrable

22

Words with friends

29

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