>>Haven't seen it in your message
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>>Google "gravida noun". Voila ;-)
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>It's a medical finding, ergo (!) a Latin word, used only among medical staff. I haven't heard it outside medicine. Besides, it's an adjective, not a noun.
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>>As for ill person- try "valetudinarian". Look for the classical definition.
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>"A weak or sickly person, especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health." - a notch above hypochondriac.
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>"Bolesnik" denotes any person while ill.
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>>I'm still thinking. ;-)
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>Keep it up. It needs words.

Is "sick" the word everyone is struggling to find here?