infirm person

  • 1infirm — [[t]ɪnfɜ͟ː(r)m[/t]] ADJ GRADED A person who is infirm is weak or ill, and usually old. [FORMAL] She moved with her aging, infirm husband into a retirement center. Derived words: infirmity [[t]ɪnfɜ͟ː(r)mɪti[/t]] plural N VAR In spite of his age… …

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  • 2infirm —   Nāwaliwali, palupalu, nāwali.   Also: kolopupū, kauko o (of an aged person); kaulei, ōmali. See feeble, old age …

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  • 3infirm — adj. 1 physically weak, esp. through age. 2 (of a person, mind, judgement, etc.) weak, irresolute. Derivatives: infirmity n. (pl. ies). infirmly adv. Etymology: ME f. L infirmus (as IN (1), FIRM(1)) …

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  • 4invalid — I n 1. sickly person, infirm person, convalescent, shut in, valetudinarian; patient, inpatient, outpatient, case; the sick, the infirm, the handicapped; sufferer, carrier, cripple, incurable, victim; hypochondriac, Pathol. neurasthenic,… …

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  • 5Nurse — 1) A person trained, licensed, or skilled in nursing. 2) To feed an infant at the breast. * * * 1. To breast feed. 2. To provide care of the sick. 3. One who is educated in the scientific basis of nursing under defined standards of education and… …

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  • 6invalid — I. a. 1. Weak, of no weight, of no force. 2. (Law.) Void, null, of no legal force, null and void. 3. Unsound, unfounded, baseless, untrue, fallacious, that does not hold (good). II. a. Weak, feeble, infirm, sick, sickly, weakly, frail,… …

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  • 7valetudinarian — n 1. invalid, sickly person, infirm person, convalescent, shut in, valetudinary; patient, inpatient, outpatient, case; sufferer, carrier, cripple, incurable, victim; hypochondriac, Pathol. neurasthenic, malingerer. adj 2. invalid, sick, sickly,… …

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  • 8Insect indicators of abuse or neglect — Entomological evidence is legal evidence in the form of insects or related artifacts and is a field of study in forensic entomology. Such evidence is used particularly in medicolegal and medicocriminal applications. Insect evidence is customarily …

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