revalescence

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noun

The act of growing well, or recovering from illness; the state of being revalescent.

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Meanings

nounrevalescence (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe act of growing well, or recovering from illness; the state of being revalescent.

    Would this prove that the patient's revalescence had been independent of the medicines given him?

    1853, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on English Divines, Notes on Jeremy Taylor
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APA

revalescence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revalescence

MLA

“revalescence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revalescence. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “revalescence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revalescence.

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