convalescence
convalescence は英検1級レベルの英単語で、「回復期、療養」という意味があります。発音記号は /kɑːnvəˈlɛsəns/ です。
意味一覧 (2件)
回復期
解説 Definition
病気やけがの後に体が徐々に回復していく期間。療養期。
Convalescence is the period of recovery after an illness, injury, or medical treatment. During this time, a person is getting stronger and returning to normal health, but is not fully well yet. The word is often used in medical or formal contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
このエントリの convalescence は、療養という行為そのものではなく、病気や手術のあとに体が元へ戻っていく「回復期」という期間名として覚えます。-ence は状態や期間を作る名詞語尾で、convalescent は「病後回復中の」です。during convalescence や several weeks in convalescence のように、時間の幅を伴う文脈で出るのが手がかりです。
See `convalescence` as `convalescent` plus the noun ending `-ence`. That ending helps you remember a state or period, not one quick moment. It often appears with phrases like `during convalescence`, so think of the stretch of time after illness when strength slowly comes back.
例文
After the surgery, the patient spent several weeks in convalescence at a rehabilitation center.
手術後、患者はリハビリテーション施設で数週間の回復期を過ごした。
During her convalescence, she read dozens of books and took up watercolor painting.
回復期の間、彼女は何十冊もの本を読み、水彩画を始めた。
The doctor emphasized that a full convalescence was essential to prevent a relapse.
医師は再発を防ぐために十分な回復期間が不可欠だと強調した。
療養
(意味 2)解説 Definition
病気やけがの後、体力を取り戻すために休み、必要な手当てを受けながら過ごすことを指します。家庭や病院、保養施設などで無理を避けて静かに治す場面で使われ、やや改まった響きがあります。
Convalescence is the period or state of resting and slowly getting your strength back after an illness or injury. It suggests quiet recovery with proper care, often at home, in a hospital, or in a place for rest. The word is more formal than recovery and often refers to careful healing over time.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
convalescence は recover より硬く、病気のあとに「休みながら体を戻すこと」を表す名詞です。con- は「十分に」、val- は valid と同じく「強い」に関係し、-escence は状態や進行を表す語尾と見ると、「強さを取り戻している状態」とつながります。a period of convalescence, during convalescence の形で出やすいですが、ここでは時期名より療養という行為・状態に注目します。
Convalescence is a more formal noun than recovery, and it is used especially for the time when someone rests and regains strength after being sick. You can connect con- with emphasis, val- with strength as in valid, and -escence with a state or process. That gives the image of "a state of becoming strong again."
例文
After leaving the hospital, she spent several weeks in convalescence at her parents' home.
退院後、彼女は実家で数週間の療養を過ごした。
The doctor said that rest during convalescence was just as important as the surgery itself.
医師は、療養中の休養は手術そのものと同じくらい大切だと言った。
His convalescence was slow, but daily walks helped him regain his strength.
彼の療養はゆっくり進んだが、毎日の散歩が体力の回復に役立った。
convalescence の語源・成り立ち Etymology
convalescence はラテン語 convalescere に由来し、con-「十分に」と valescere「強くなる」に分けられます。つまり「元の強さを取り戻していくこと」で、valid や prevail と同じ val- の力強さを知ると「回復期」が立体的に見えます。
Convalescence comes from Latin convalescere, meaning "to grow strong again." It combines con-, which can add force or completeness, with valescere, "to become strong," from the same root seen in valid. The meaning developed from regaining strength to the period of recovery after illness.
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