CONVALESCENCE, CONVALESCENCY noun [Latin , to grow stronger; to get strength, to be strong. See Well and Avail .] Renewal of health; the insensible recovery of health and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness.

The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between the subsidence of a disease and complete restoration to health.