types:
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anorectic, anorexic
a person suffering from anorexia nervosa
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bulimic
a person suffering from bulimia
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consumptive, lunger, tubercular
a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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convalescent
a person who is recovering from illness
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depressive
someone suffering psychological depression
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diabetic
someone who has diabetes
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dyspeptic
a person suffering from indigestion
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epileptic
a person who has epilepsy
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bleeder, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliac
someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding
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incurable
a person whose disease is incurable
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insomniac, sleepless person
someone who cannot sleep
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invalid, shut-in
someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
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lazar, leper
a person afflicted with leprosy
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lunatic, madman, maniac
an insane person
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manic-depressive
a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness
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monomaniac
a person suffering from monomania
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narcoleptic
a person who has narcolepsy
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neurasthenic
a person suffering a nervous breakdown
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mental case, neurotic, psychoneurotic
a person suffering from neurosis
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patient
a person who requires medical care
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psycho, psychotic, psychotic person
a person afflicted with psychosis
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rheumatic
a person suffering with rheumatism
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syphilitic
a person suffering from syphilis
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valetudinarian
weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health
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spewer, vomiter
a person who vomits
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alexic
a person with alexia
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analysand
a person undergoing psychoanalysis
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arthritic
a person afflicted with arthritis
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cataleptic
a person suffering from catalepsy
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claustrophobe
a person suffering from claustrophobia
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crazy, looney, loony, nutcase, weirdo
someone deranged and possibly dangerous
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hypertensive
a person who has abnormally high blood pressure
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hypochondriac
a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments
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hypotensive
a person who has abnormally low blood pressure
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hysteric
a person suffering from hysteria
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index case
the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study
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inmate, inpatient
a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated
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bedlamite
an archaic term for a lunatic
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pyromaniac
a person with a mania for setting things on fire
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madwoman
a woman lunatic
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melancholiac, melancholic
someone subject to melancholia
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obsessive
a person who has obsessions
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obsessive-compulsive
a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics
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outpatient
a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated
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paranoiac, paranoid
a person afflicted with paranoia
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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')
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schizophrenic
someone who is afflicted with schizophrenia
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vaccinee
a patient who has been vaccinated