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Meanings of sick in English

Portuguese
regurgitar
Catalan
perbocar
Spanish
devolver

Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.

regurgitar
Portuguese
doente
Catalan
malalt
Spanish
enfermo

Affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function.

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doente
Russian
больной
Spanish
malado

"Sick" is the opposite of:

больной

Affected with madness or insanity.

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Examples for "healthy"
Examples for "healthy"
1
They simply must be accompanied by good governance and healthy public administration.
Reuters
2
Her passions include suicide prevention, violence prevention, healthy relationships, housing and research.
Radio NZ
3
Methods: Eighteen young healthy women drank red wine daily for 3 weeks.
Pubmed
4
Vets are being asked to euthanise healthy animals, especially as holidays approach.
Radio NZ
5
The increased order contributed to a healthy order book worth £720 million.
The Irish Times
Usage of sick in English
1
The effect of the sudden presence in the sick-room was most marked.
Barriers Burned Away
2
By personal contact of the sick with the well, especially in kissing.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools
3
The sick were healed in answer to his prayer of simple faith.
The Deacon of Dobbinsville / A Story Based on Actual Happenings
4
He took particular interest in the sick, crippled and poorly nourished children.
`Abdu'l-Bahá in London
5
Many were sick; more were discontented; and all longed wearily for land.
Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back ...
6
The people were sick of taxes; they hated the thought of war.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
7
The sick girl was forgotten in this nightmare of a personal encounter.
Old Kaskaskia
8
The well lost their strength; of the sick many died every day.
From Fort Henry to Corinth
9
DPS teachers are strongly motivated to continue the sick-out because of Earley.
Ebony
10
Exactly; and my friend Mowbray found her nursing sick soldiers in Judenbach.
Red Fleece
11
Bettina turned sick at the mad terror in it-theinsensate, awful horror.
The Shuttle
12
He taken sick and died in the War on the North side.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
13
See the visitation of the sick, in the Book of Common Prayer.-Ed.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
14
They nursed the sick and wounded; took charge of farms and plantations.
Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War
15
Of the anointing the sick, confession of sins and fervour in prayer.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
16
This is plainly seen in the conduct of the physically sick child.
The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
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