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convalescence

/ˌkɒnvəˈlesns/noun

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स्वास्थ्य-लाभ, बीमारी के बाद ठीक होने की अवधि

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as one-word substitution

SSC CGL Pre 2023SSC Selection Post Phase 13 2025SSC Exams before 2018
noun
  1. 1

    [U, sing.]

    a period of time when you get well again after an illness or a medical operation

    स्वास्थ्य-लाभ, बीमारी के बाद ठीक होने की अवधि

    • She spent her convalescence at her grandmother's house in the hills.
    • a long convalescence after the operation
    • His convalescence lasted two months after the surgery.
    + 2 more examples
    • The doctor advised a long period of convalescence by the sea.
    • She read a lot of books during her convalescence.

    Synonyms recovery recuperation rehabilitation healing

    Opposite relapse deterioration decline

◇Word family
convalesce verbconvalescent adj., noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

con·va·les·cence

With -sc- and -ence (not 'convalesence' or 'convelescence').

-sc- और अंत में -ence ('convalesence' या 'convelescence' गलत है)।

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One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked very often: the period of recovery after illness is convalescence; a person recovering is a convalescent; a home for recovering patients is a convalescent home or sanatorium.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: बीमारी के बाद ठीक होने की अवधि convalescence; ठीक हो रहा व्यक्ति convalescent; ठीक हो रहे मरीज़ों का घर convalescent home या sanatorium।