>>>>>That's not the same. Invalid is a disabled person - check in other languages. "Bolesnik" is just a person with an illness.
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>>>>There's always "sufferer": "... The later stages of this disease can bring great pain to the sufferer ..."
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>>>...which doesn't imply he's ill. He may just be gently interrogated: "... The later stages of this technique can bring great pain to the sufferer ..."
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>>I'd've thought that the word "disease" in the sentence did!
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>So "sufferer" isn't ill until you specify disease. Therefore not a good translation.

I keep peppering you with buckshot but yopui won't stay down. How about "The afflicted"? :-)