convalescents

Definition of convalescentsnext
plural of convalescent

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Noun
  • Some of the victims had been wearing backpacks equipped with airbags that can help keep people on the surface of an avalanche, but had not pulled the cords to deploy the bags, the report said.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Peter Barnum, one of the people on shore who raced to the rescue, described the exhaustion of one of the victims, the father.
    Ted Scouten, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In that time, the number of people admitted to hospitals in the state as inpatients due to heat increased 60%, from 990 to 1,578.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Outpatient services at the neighboring hospital were suspended and around 3,500 inpatients were evacuated, per the Post.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The study also found that the number of children aged fiveto 17 who were prescribed leucovorin as outpatients increased by 71 percent.
    Sara Novak, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2026
  • When people were also treated with a long-acting form of an opioid-blocking medication called naltrexone, relapse rates dropped across all settings — to 59% after short-term inpatient care, 46% after long-term inpatient care and 38% for those treated as outpatients.
    Emma Fenske, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Gabapentin has proved effective at helping some mastectomy patients with stubborn pain, while others have responded to electrodes implanted in their spinal column, according to the Baylor study, published in 2024.
    Brett Kelman, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • According to the Cleveland Clinic, physical therapists usually recommend patients put tape on their Achilles tendon, back, knee or the soles of their feet.
    Kaan Ozcan, NBC news, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Convalescents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convalescents. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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