sick role

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The protective role given an individual who is physically or mentally ill or injured; it may be assumed by the individual or it may be imposed as a part of social custom.

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How to use sick role in a sentence

And not just sick in the body but in your mind, because you start obsessing.
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Genetics alone does not an eating disorder make, generally speaking, and Bulik points out that environment still plays a role.
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“I have to think her body type played a role,” said Rachel Greenblatt, a Lecturer in Jewish Studies at Harvard University.
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I was sick in street gutters, onto my desk, at dinners with friends.
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Acting legend talks about what role is closest to her heart.
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The Duchess had also a tent for their sick men; so that we had a small town of our own here, and every body employed.
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Many of them were delicious in the role; one of them was the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
I suppose he is sick of the sound of them, or perhaps it is because he feels obliged to be conscientious in teaching Beethoven!
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After the battle of the Pyramids he fell sick, and before the Syrian expedition, applied to return to France.
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So we placed some of these holy relics upon the sick man, at the same time offering our vows for him, and then he improved.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various