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convalescents

noun as in invalid

noun as in patient

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Example Sentences

This old monastery is now used as a hospital for convalescents.

Boiled trout makes an excellent dish for convalescents and it is very nutritious.

I will here mention one little incident with which convalescents, many of them, will sympathize.

Some of the convalescents would be removed as soon as possible so as to make room for newly wounded poilus.

And as is so often the case with convalescents, he found himself in a world from which time seemed to have detached him.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to convalescents, such as: consumptive, convalescent, incurable, patient, shut in, and sufferer.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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