sick person
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sick person — noun a person suffering from an illness • Syn: ↑diseased person, ↑sufferer • Derivationally related forms: ↑suffer (for: ↑sufferer) • Hypernyms: ↑unfortunat … Useful english dictionary
sick person — Synonyms and related words: apoplectic, arthritic, case, consumptive, dyspeptic, epileptic, incurable, inpatient, invalid, outpatient, patient, rheumatic, shut in, spastic, sufferer, terminal case, the sick, valetudinarian … Moby Thesaurus
sick person — ill person, person suffering from a disease … English contemporary dictionary
SICK, VISITING THE — (Heb. בִּקּוּר חוֹלִים; bikkur ḥolim). Visiting the sick in order to cheer, aid, and relieve their suffering is one of the many social obligations which Judaism has clothed with religious significance. God Himself is said to have observed this… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
sick — sick1 [sik] adj. [ME sik, seke < OE seoc, akin to Ger siech < IE base * seug , to be troubled or grieved > Arm hiucanim, (I) am weakening] 1. suffering from disease or illness; unwell; ill: in this sense, now rare or literary in England… … English World dictionary
sick|ie — «SIHK ee», noun. 1. U.S. Slang. a sick person, especially one who is mentally ill. 2. Australian Slang. a sick leave … Useful english dictionary
sick|bed — «SIHK BEHD», noun. the bed of a sick person: »She would get up from a sickbed to go shopping (New Yorker) … Useful english dictionary
sick|room — «SIHK ROOM, RUM», noun. a room in which a sick person is cared for … Useful english dictionary
Sick role — The Sick Role was a concept invented by Talcott Parsons in 1951. It is a term widely used in medical sociology. ‘Being Sick’ is not simply a ‘state of fact’ or ‘condition’, it is a specifically patterned social role. The theory outlined two… … Wikipedia
sick call — noun the daily military formation at which individuals report to the medical officer as sick • Syn: ↑sick parade • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine … Useful english dictionary
