sick person

/sɪk ˌpʌrsn/

/sɪk ˈpʌsən/

Other forms: sick persons

Definitions of sick person

1. noun

   a person suffering from an illness
   synonyms: diseased person, sufferer

   types:

   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 a common disorder of the central nervous system characterized by fainting and seizures

   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

   alexic

   a person with alexia

   analysand

   a person undergoing psychoanalysis

   arthritic

   a person afflicted with arthritis

   cataleptic

   a person suffering from catalepsy

   claustrophobe

   a person suffering from claustrophobia

   crazy, looney, loony, nutcase, weirdo

   someone deranged and possibly dangerous

   hypertensive

   a person who has abnormally high blood pressure

   hypochondriac

   a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments

   hypotensive

   a person who has abnormally low blood pressure

   hysteric

   a person suffering from hysteria

   index case

   the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study

   inmate, inpatient

   a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated

   bedlamite

   an archaic term for a lunatic

   pyromaniac

   a person with a mania for setting things on fire

   madwoman

   a woman lunatic

   melancholiac, melancholic

   someone subject to melancholia

   obsessive

   a person who has obsessions

   obsessive-compulsive

   a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics

   outpatient

   a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated

   paranoiac, paranoid

   a person afflicted with paranoia

   psychopath, sociopath

   someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')

   schizophrenic

   someone who is afflicted with schizophrenia

   vaccinee

   a patient who has been vaccinated

   type of:

   unfortunate, unfortunate person

   a person who suffers misfortune