Whoops, you were a step ahead of me.


>We usually just say the infirm or sick...
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>>>You said it: as a noun. IOW, there's no such noun in English.
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>>>Sure there is.
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>>Haven't seen it in your message. Did it vanish together with the other medical slang reference? (I saw it - cute!)
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>>>That's not the same. Invalid is a disabled person - check in other languages.
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>>>"Ill" eventually includes impairement/disablement in its definition, too. ;-)
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>>Eventually, maybe, but not from the outset. You don't get the status of an invalid for a flu, but you are ill, ergo bolesnik.