Invalidism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of an invalid; sickness; infirmity. countable, uncountable

    "After two years of swaddled invalidism, Mrs. Morton emitted a final gassy sigh and died, whereas twenty years later Elihu was to go “just like that,” as the neighbors said, from a stroke."

  2. 2
    chronic ill health wordnet

Synonyms

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caducitydebilitydelicacydelicate healthexhaustionfragility

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"After two years of swaddled invalidism, Mrs. Morton emitted a final gassy sigh and died, whereas twenty years later Elihu was to go “just like that,” as the neighbors said, from a stroke."

Etymology

From invalid + -ism.

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