convalescents

plural of convalescent

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Noun
  • The victims, also 18, were identified as Kace Leatherwood and Luis Velez.
    Mary Ella Hastings June 26, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2026
  • Sarah Myers, 44, and Harper Harmon, 13, Hudson Harmon, 11, and twins Gavin Harmon and Gracelynn Harmon, both 10, were identified as the victims in a Wednesday, June 24 press release shared by the police department.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Managing or controlling vending machines with vapes or nicotine products is also an offense, unless in mental health hospitals mainly for inpatients.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The hospital shuttered its emergency department on Wednesday, and then worked to transfer its inpatients to other hospitals by the end of the day Friday.
    Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That down-to-the-toes level of care is a feature of a program that has transformed the way MLK Community Healthcare treats diabetes, a chronic condition that affects one in every six South Los Angeles residents and nearly a quarter of MLK’s outpatients.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
  • The study also found that the number of children aged fiveto 17 who were prescribed leucovorin as outpatients increased by 71 percent.
    Sara Novak, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • For Pontes, who spends his professional life treating breast cancer patients, the visits have offered a different vantage point on the practice of medicine.
    Mill Etienne, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • Authorities said the operation used call centers to steer patients toward medically unnecessary orthopedic braces.
    Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
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