diseased person
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- noun
- /dɪˈziːzd ˈpɜːrsən/
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persona enferma
- The report highlighted the struggles faced by diseased individuals in accessing necessary medical treatment.
Examples
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After the outbreak, many diseased people were quarantined to prevent further spread of the illness.
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I didn't want to be seen as this sad, diseased person.
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Why didn't you tell me when we got married that you were this horrendous, gambling-diseased person?
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They took drug-infected, diseased people, locked them up, educated them in criminal behavior, and dumped them back into our community, thus producing a jail culture for our streets.
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The hospital provides comprehensive care for every diseased person who comes through its doors.
Synonyms
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A person who is ill
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A person who has pain, illness, or hardship
How Sick
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who is suffering from a disease' is a direct, compositional combination of 'diseased' (having a medical condition) + 'person' (human being). This adjective+noun pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Diseased person comes from putting diseased (sick) before person; imagine someone with clear symptoms kept apart in a hospital room — that picture explains why it means 'a person who is suffering from a disease'.