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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
convalesce /ˌkɒnvəˈlɛs/

▶verb gradually recover one's health after an illness or medical treatment.

– origin C15: from L. convalescere, from con- ‘altogether’ + valescere ‘grow strong’.

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