sick person
Noun
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A person suffering from an illness (synset 110615055)
is a type of: unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortunesubtypes:
- 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, sufferer
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