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… …
2infirm — Nāwaliwali, palupalu, nāwali. Also: kolopupū, kauko o (of an aged person); kaulei, ōmali. See feeble, old age …
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)) …
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,… …
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… …
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,… …
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,… …
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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10John Reading (New Jersey) — John Reading (b. June 6, 1686 d. November 5, 1767) was the first native born governor of New Jersey, United States, serving in 1747, and again from September 1757 to June 1758. His father, Colonel John Reading, was the first white major landowner …
