convalescent
/ˌkɒnvəˈlɛsənt/ adjective C2- recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness; on the mend.
- of convalescence or convalescents · She stayed in a convalescent hospital for two weeks before returning home.
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For months my life was despaired of, and when at last I came to myself and became convalescent, I was so weak and emaciated that a medical board determined that not a day should be lost in sending me back to England.
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