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sick person

noun as in patient

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"A sick person has only one," he added, reducing those with diabetes or depression to people who have no lives.

From Salon

"Domestic work is considered to be unskilled work but that is not the case in reality. You cannot care for a sick person or cook a meal without being skilled," she adds.

From BBC

Rather, Rasmussen said, it’s more likely that a cat would pass H5N1 to a human who already has seasonal flu, and then a reassortment happens in the sick person.

From Salon

Or at least to put a little healthy distance between the sick person and everyone else.

From Salon

In his opening statement, he even went as far as to deny the full humanity of people with chronic illnesses, by saying, "A healthy person has a thousand dreams. A sick person has only one."

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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