sufferer

1. A person suffering from an illness (synset 110615055)
   is a type of: unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune
   subtypes:

   • anorectic, anorexic - a person suffering from anorexia nervosa
   • bulimic - a person suffering from bulimia
   • consumptive, lunger, tubercular - a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
   • convalescent - a person who is recovering from illness
   • depressive - someone suffering psychological depression
   • diabetic - someone who has diabetes
   • dyspeptic - a person suffering from indigestion
   • epileptic - a person who has epilepsy
   • bleeder, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliac - someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding
   • incurable - a person whose disease is incurable
   • insomniac, sleepless person - someone who cannot sleep
   • invalid, shut-in - someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
   • lazar, leper - a person afflicted with leprosy
   • lunatic, madman, maniac - an insane person
   • manic-depressive - a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness
   • monomaniac - a person suffering from monomania
   • narcoleptic - a person who has narcolepsy
   • neurasthenic - a person suffering a nervous breakdown
   • mental case, neurotic, psychoneurotic - a person suffering from neurosis
   • patient - a person who requires medical care
   • psycho, psychotic, psychotic person - a person afflicted with psychosis
   • rheumatic - a person suffering with rheumatism
   • syphilitic - a person suffering from syphilis
   • valetudinarian - weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health
   • spewer, vomiter - a person who vomits
   same as: diseased person, sick person
2. One who suffers for the sake of principle (synset 110316279)
   is a type of: victim - an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
   subtypes: shaheed - Arabic term for holy martyrs
   specific instances: tindal, tindale, tyndale, william tindal, william tindale, william tyndale - English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536)
   same as: martyr

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