The state or period of convalescence; another word for the process of recovering from illness and regaining health.
A variant form of 'convalescence,' using the suffix '-cy' (as in 'fluency' or 'tendency') instead of '-ce,' both deriving from the same Latin root 'convalescentia.'
The existence of both 'convalescence' and 'convalescency' shows how English loves synonym pairs—we still have 'emergency/emergency' variations, and these doubles help poets and writers find the perfect rhythm for their sentences.
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