valetudinary
61inmate — n 1. patient, valetudinary, bedlamite; case, subject. 2. prisoner, captive, convict, U.S. Si. jailbird, Brit. Si. gaolbird, Sl. con, Sl. bird …
62invalid — I n 1. sickly person, infirm person, convalescent, shut in, valetudinarian; patient, inpatient, outpatient, case; the sick, the infirm, the handicapped; sufferer, carrier, cripple, incurable, victim; hypochondriac, Pathol. neurasthenic,… …
63unhealthy — adj 1. sick, sickly, unsound, in poor health; ill, unwell, ailing, Inf. poorly, indisposed, Inf. under the weather; afflicted, weak, feeble, frail, delicate, fragile, debilitated; infirm, drooping, withered, worn out, enervated, spent, played out …
64unwell — adj ill, ailing, indisposed, afflicted, sick, Inf. sick as a dog, Inf. under the weather, Inf. out of sorts, Inf. not feeling oneself, Sl. off one s feed; in poor health, poorly, unhealthy; sickly, pale, pallid, wan, sallow; anemic, washed out,… …
65valetudinarian — n 1. invalid, sickly person, infirm person, convalescent, shut in, valetudinary; patient, inpatient, outpatient, case; sufferer, carrier, cripple, incurable, victim; hypochondriac, Pathol. neurasthenic, malingerer. adj 2. invalid, sick, sickly,… …
66valetudinarian — /ˌvælətjudəˈnɛəriən / (say .valuhtyoohduh nairreeuhn) noun 1. an invalid. 2. someone who is constantly or excessively concerned about the state of their health. –adjective 3. in poor health; sickly; invalid. 4. constantly or excessively concerned …
67valetudinarian — [n] hypochondriac morbid person, neurotic, obsessive person, valetudinary; concept 316 …
68valetudinarian — n. hypochondriac; sickly person. ♦ valetudinarianism, n. ♦ valetudinary, a …
69valetudinarian — n. pl. valetudinaries [val΄ə to͞o΄də ner′ē ən, val΄ətyo͞o΄də ner′ē ən] n. [< L valetudinarius, sickly, infirm, an invalid < valetudo (gen. valetudinis), state of health, sickness < valere, to be strong: see VALUE] 1. a person in poor… …
