The word 'convalescent' is correct and usable in written English.
It is an adjective used to describe someone who is recovering from an illness or injury. For example: "Sarah spent two weeks in the hospital as a convalescent patient before she was able to return home."
Seneca was originally from Spain but he spent much of his life in Rome, except for a long convalescent sojourn in Egypt, and some years in exile on Corsica in the wake of a sex scandal.
Tune into BBC1 on Sunday morning and you will find the corporation complicit in Marr's convalescent strategy of stout denial.
Groups only November March Once a convalescent home and hospital, Dalesbridge now offers comfortable B&B rooms with nice views in the Edwardian main house (formerly the nurses' home) and more budget-rated accommodation in the garden and grounds.
Flu immunisation has been made available to everyone over 65; extra critical care beds have been established, and plans have been made to get patients out of acute hospital beds and into convalescent care quicker.
But these vaccines will not be available to restrain the epidemic over the next few months a time that many think will be critical in containing the disease.The experts at the WHO's Geneva meeting were most optimistic about two related methods of treatment: whole blood transfusion and purified blood plasma, known as convalescent serum.
With this Cuba's elderly and convalescent leader seemed to open a public discussion over who might succeed him.In July 2006 Mr Castro temporarily turned over his powers to his younger brother, Raúl, before undergoing abdominal surgery.
It has tightened this year's budget deficit target from 5.8% of GDP to 5.5%.In this section Valls's difficult climb Bouncing back Of generals, judges and presidents Oh, brother A capital issue The accidental president ReprintsBond yields have plunged, meaning that convalescent Spain borrows at similar (or even lower) rates to the United States.
FROM the back of St Mary's Mission Hospital, two hours north of Nairobi, Kenya's capital, convalescent patients can watch flamingos frolic on Lake Elementaita.
Prince Felipe, standing in for his convalescent father, was self-assured and knowledgeable on the day's topic.
Several economists in Havana argue that Fidel, even while convalescent, has continued to slow the pace of change.The assumption is that the brothers have worked out a division of labour, in which Fidel will expound on global issues and let his brother govern.
The war both caused and remedied the problem: competitors were housed in a pair of spruced-up RAF camps and an army convalescent home.
