invalidism
prolonged ill health.
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How to use invalidism in a sentence
Her invalidism kept her in a constant state of “potent capacity.”
Great Weekend Reads: December 30, 2011 | Jacob Silverman, Michael Thomsen, Lauren Elkin | December 30, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTIn ordering letters kindly state approximate age, prevalent tastes,—and in case of invalidism, the presumable severity of illness.
Molly Make-Believe | Eleanor Hallowell AbbottGive the story of his struggles with poverty in exile, his love affairs, his professorship, his marriage and invalidism.
The Complete Club Book for Women | Caroline French BentonMichelet treats semi-invalidism as the natural, inevitable, and charming condition of women.
The Education of American Girls | Anna Callender BrackettI do not believe in this general invalidism, so far as it concerns women especially.
The Education of American Girls | Anna Callender Brackett
The loss of one daughter and the invalidism of another was the burden which this household had now to bear.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow Paine
British Dictionary definitions for invalidism
/ (ˈɪnvəlɪˌdɪzəm) /
the state of being an invalid, esp by reason of ill health
a state of being abnormally preoccupied with one's physical health
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