English-Finnish translations for convalescent

• toipilas
  Vertauskuvallisesti totean vielä, että tänään sopimus voi paremmin, mutta se on vielä varsin heikko toipilas eikä kestä uusia iskuja. To continue in allegorical terms, I will state that the Pact is doing better today, but that it is a very weak convalescent that will not withstand further traumatic experiences.
  olla toipilaana
• toipilas-
• toipuva

Definition of convalescent

• recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness
• of convalescence or convalescents
• A person recovering from illness

Examples

• She stayed in a convalescent hospital for two weeks before returning home
• I had been ill in health, but am now a convalescent

Related words

• convalesce
• convalescence
• reconvalescence
• period of convalescence