Synonyms for convalescent
ˌkɒn vəˈlɛs əntcon·va·les·cent

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1. convalescentadjective

   a person who is recovering from illness

   Antonyms:
   well

2. convalescent, recoveringadjective

   returning to health after illness or debility

   "convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed"

   Synonyms:
   recovering

   Antonyms:
   well

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1. convalescentadjective

   Synonyms:
   improving (in health), recovering

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1. List of paraphrases for "convalescent":

   convalescence, infirmary, rehabilitation

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1. Janet Woodcock:

   The problem with convalescent plasma is the great enthusiasm about it, it exceeded anyone's expectation as far as the demand.

2. Manu Shankar-Hari:

   Convalescent plasma is a promising treatment that could help patients whose bodies aren't producing enough antibodies to curb the disease, this trial will help us understand whether the treatment should be used more widely to treat COVID-19.

3. American Red Cross:

   This initiative is still new and the Red Cross along with our industry partners are working around-the-clock to identify, qualify and collect more convalescent plasma donations to meet urgent patient needs in this rapidly changing environment, we expect to significantly increase collections in the coming days and weeks.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   One of the things you do is you get the virus and you grow it or you put it into a modified form called a pseudovirus. And when you do that, you can then get convalescent plasma, monoclonal antibodies, as well as sera and antibodies that are induced by the vaccine to see if they neutralize the virus.

5. Manu Shankar-Hari:

   It is biologically plausible that patients who are not producing antibodies at the time of convalescent plasma therapy and those patients with excess virus may benefit more than others. Our additional analyses will explore this.