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What does the word sick mean?

Such is its acceptation in old English, and generally in the United States. In most parts of the United States, if a patient is affected with a slight indisposition, he is said to be sick; if with one more severe, he is said to be ill; ( Prov.) bad, badly. In England, it most commonly means, -affected with disorder of the stomach, or nausea. A sick person, Aeger, Aegro'tus, ( F.) Malade, who is under the charge of a physician is said to be a patient, or the patient of the physician. At times, but rarely, patient is used for a sick person in the abstract.
Not well; not in good health; ill.
As used in England, affected with nausea( S. at the stomach). S. headache, migraine.
As used popularly by women, menstruating.
1. Ill, unwell, suffering from disease. 2. Nauseated. 3. Menstruating. 4. In childbed.
The opposite of healthy; ill.

Usage examples for sick

" I can eat a lot of 'em without getting sick," declared Laddie. – Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom's by Laura Lee Hope
" How good it is you came to live here," said the sick woman. – A Letter of Credit by Susan Warner
Where are you sick? – Explorers of the Dawn by Mazo de la Roche

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What does the word sick mean?

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