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revalescence

revalescence noun: the act of growing well, or recovering from illness; the state of being revalescent.

Noun

revalescence (uncountable)

  1. The 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

Questions about revalescence

What does revalescence mean?
Revalescence means the act of growing well, or recovering from illness; the state of being revalescent.
What part of speech is revalescence?
Revalescence is a noun.

Words near revalescence in the dictionary

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  4. Revaks
  5. reval
  6. revalescence
  7. revalescent
  8. revalidate
  9. revalidated
  10. revalidates
  11. revalidating

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