Noun | 1. | ![]() unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune bulimic - a person suffering from bulimia convalescent - a person who is recovering from illness depressive - someone suffering psychological depression diabetic - someone who has diabetes dyspeptic - a person suffering from indigestion epileptic - a person who has epilepsy bleeder, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliac - someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding incurable - a person whose disease is incurable insomniac, sleepless person - someone who cannot sleep manic-depressive - a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness monomaniac - a person suffering from monomania narcoleptic - a person who has narcolepsy neurasthenic - a person suffering a nervous breakdown patient - a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly" rheumatic - a person suffering with rheumatism syphilitic - a person suffering from syphilis valetudinarian - weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health |