shut-in (sh t  n )n. A person confined indoors by illness or disability. adj. (sh t-n)1. Confined to a home or hospital, as by illness. 2. Disposed to avoid social contact; excessively withdrawn or introverted. |
shut-in
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1. (Medicine) Chiefly US and Canadian
a. a person confined indoors by illness
b. (as modifier) a shut-in patient
2. (Psychiatry) Psychiatry a condition in which the person is highly withdrawn and unable to express his own feelings See also schizoid
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| Noun | 1. |  shut-in - someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injuryhomebound - people who are confined to their homes |
| Adj. | 1. | shut-in - somewhat introverted introversive, introvertive - directed inward; marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings |
| 2. | shut-in - confined usually by illness confined - not free to move about |
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