Definition of Convalescences

1. Noun. (plural of convalescence) ¹

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Definition of Convalescences

1. convalescence [n] - See also: convalescence

Lexicographical Neighbors of Convalescences

conurbia
conurbias
conure
conures
conus
conus arteriosus
conus elasticus
conus medullaris
conusable
conusant
conusor
conusors
convalesce
convalesced
convalescence
convalescences (current term)
convalescencies
convalescency
convalescent
convalescent carrier
convalescent serum
convalescently
convalescents
convalesces
convalescing
convalidation
convalidations
convallamarin
convallaria
convallarin

Literary usage of Convalescences

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1901)
"In 1897 : No disinfection ; 933 confinements ; 81.9 per cent, afebrile convalescences. In 1898 : No disinfection ; 1066 confinements ; 84.5 per cent, ..."

2. Medical Thermometry and Human Temperature by Edward Seguin (1876)
"That the 4th, 8th, 9th, 10th, with two convalescences, stand almost even with ... That the seventh day with seven convalescences, and the 6th and 7th days ..."

3. Medical Thermometry and Human Temperature by Edward Séguin (1876)
"condense the following figures: The synopsis shows twenty- three deaths against twenty-five convalescences. Days of convalescence: the 1st, 2d, llth, 12th, ..."

4. Tracts on homoeopathy by William Sharp (1865)
"... suffer much from their ailments, and have long convalescences under the old ... and have shorter convalescences under homoeopathic treatment, ..."

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