adj 1  :  suffering from disease or disability  :  SICKLY  2  :  of, relating to, or suited to one that is sick <an chair> 
n :  one that is sickly or disabled
, vt 1  :  to remove from active duty by reason of sickness or disability <was edout of the army>   2  :  to make sickly or disabled <a patient edby valvular disease>  .
 
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Similar sounding terms:  in·flate  in·fold  in·vo·lute 
 
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