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Noun
S:
(n)
invalid
,
shut-in
(someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury)
member holonym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
sick person
,
diseased person
,
sufferer
(a person suffering from an illness)
S:
(n)
anorexic
,
anorectic
(a person suffering from anorexia nervosa)
S:
(n)
bulimic
(a person suffering from bulimia)
S:
(n)
consumptive
,
lunger
,
tubercular
(a person with pulmonary tuberculosis)
S:
(n)
convalescent
(a person who is recovering from illness)
S:
(n)
depressive
(someone suffering psychological depression)
S:
(n)
diabetic
(someone who has diabetes)
S:
(n)
dyspeptic
(a person suffering from indigestion)
S:
(n)
epileptic
(a person who has epilepsy)
S:
(n)
hemophiliac
,
haemophiliac
,
bleeder
,
hemophile
,
haemophile
(someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding)
S:
(n)
incurable
(a person whose disease is incurable)
S:
(n)
insomniac
,
sleepless person
(someone who cannot sleep)
S:
(n)
invalid
,
shut-in
(someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury)
S:
(n)
leper
,
lazar
(a person afflicted with leprosy)
S:
(n)
lunatic
,
madman
,
maniac
(an insane person)
S:
(n)
manic-depressive
(a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness)
S:
(n)
monomaniac
(a person suffering from monomania)
S:
(n)
narcoleptic
(a person who has narcolepsy)
S:
(n)
neurasthenic
(a person suffering a nervous breakdown)
S:
(n)
neurotic
,
psychoneurotic
,
mental case
(a person suffering from neurosis)
S:
(n)
patient
(a person who requires medical care)
"the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"
S:
(n)
psychotic
,
psychotic person
,
psycho
(a person afflicted with psychosis)
S:
(n)
rheumatic
(a person suffering with rheumatism)
S:
(n)
syphilitic
(a person suffering from syphilis)
S:
(n)
valetudinarian
(weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health)
S:
(n)
vomiter
,
spewer
(a person who vomits)
derivationally related form
Verb
S:
(v)
invalid
(force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen)
S:
(v)
disable
,
invalid
,
incapacitate
,
handicap
(injure permanently)
"He was disabled in a car accident"
Adjective
S:
(adj)
invalid
(having no cogency or legal force)
"invalid reasoning"; "an invalid driver's license"
S:
(adj)
invalid
(no longer valid)
"the license is invalid"