Definitions for convalescents

convalescents con·va·les·cent

Spelling: [kon-vuh-les-uh nt]
IPA: /ˌkɒn vəˈlɛs ənt/

Convalescents is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 25 points.

You can make 1216 anagrams from letters in convalescents (acceelnnosstv).

Definitions for convalescents

noun

  1. a person who is convalescing.

adjective

  1. convalescing.
  2. of or relating to convalescence or convalescing persons.

Origin of convalescents

1650-60; Latin convalēscent- (stem of convalēscēns), present participle of convalēscere to convalesce; see -ent<

Examples for convalescents

Besides, it was nice to be waited on and to be next to the room where the convalescent was.

Then she helped the convalescent to put on a few loose drapings.

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

“convalescent blood transfusions and plasma transfusions may help people who are sick survive the infection,” he says.

But those three braves yonder are something more than convalescent.

What happened in the room of the convalescent was never related to Peggy McGuire.

“Yes, indeed,” responded the convalescent, with beaming face.

Downton becomes a convalescent home during the war, bringing in a number of new struggles for the family and the staff.

Resting fighters can be found holed up in apartments, and wounded ones fill hospitals and a growing number of convalescent homes.

Lucretia, when convalescent, would also come to the farm to rest and get strong.

Word Value for convalescents
Scrable

19

Words with friends

25

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