Synonyms:
convalescent, recovering
Meaning: returning to health after illness or debility; "convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
convalescent
Meaning: a person who is recovering from illness
Usage examples
To me the convalescent would it now be suffering and torment to believe in such phantoms: suffering would it now be to me, and humiliation.
Neither is Zarathustra indignant at a convalescent who looketh tenderly on his delusions, and at midnight stealeth round the grave of his God; but sickness and a sick frame remain even in his tears.