anointing of the sick – The Catholic sacrament in which a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation. More…
decumbiture – The act of going to bed when sick. More…
ill – Originally meant not “sick” but “bad,” and was borrowed from Old Norse illr; the sense of “sick” arrived in the 15th century. More…
nauseous, nauseated – Nauseous (“sickening”) is an adjective describing something that causes nausea; the adjective for the feeling (“made sick”) is nauseated. More…