convalescence

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CONVALESCENCE, CONVALESCENCY, noun [Latin , to grow stronger; to get strength, to be strong. See Well and Avail.] Renewal of health; the insensible recovery of health and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness.
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