We found 1 definitions of diseased person from 1 different sources.
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diseased person - a person suffering from an illness | ||
sick person, sufferer | ||
unfortunate, unfortunate person a person who suffers misfortune | ||
anorectic, anorexic a person suffering from anorexia nervosa | ||
bulimic a person suffering from bulimia | ||
consumptive, tubercular, lunger 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 pariah who is avoided by others | ||
madman, lunatic, maniac an insane person | ||
manic-depressive a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness | ||
monomaniac a person suffering from monomania | ||
narcoleptic a soporific drug that produces an uncontrollable desire to sleep | ||
neurasthenic a person suffering a nervous breakdown | ||
mental case, neurotic, psychoneurotic a person suffering from neurosis | ||
patient a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly" | ||
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 |