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What does convalescence mean?

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Noun
  1. A gradual healing after illness or injury.
  2. The period of time spent healing.
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After the chain of infection is complete, there is an incubation, prodromal, and illness period, followed by convalescence.
Adults with disability or conditions such as alcoholism may also require extended convalescence and careful discharge planning.
Some years ago, following a debilitating illness, I started to fill the seemingly limitless days of convalescence by expanding my programming skills.
These include transfusions, pain control, physiotherapy, and simple convalescence.
As a result, more or less on a worldwide basis, retail and wholesale trading is entering a long period of convalescence.
Apart from a deep cut in his left arm, he recovered quickly and was discharged from the field hospital after a week of convalescence.

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