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sicker

1

[sik-er]

adjective

  1. comparative of sick.



sicker

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[sik-er]

adjective

  1. safe from danger; secure.

  2. dependable; trustworthy.

adverb

  1. certainly; without doubt.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sicker1

before 900; Middle English siker, Old English sicor; cognate with Dutch zeker, German sicher, all ≪ Latin ŧūܲ; secure
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A big part of the denial is not realizing or admitting that you can continue to get sicker, that your health can devolve, the disease can and likely will get worse if left untreated.

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Ordinary experiences, imperfections, sadness, and anxieties are increasingly given the imprimatur of medical disorders, she concludes: “In other words: we are not getting sicker — we are attributing more to sickness.”

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Trump’s shock therapy treatment is having the opposite effect: the patient is getting much sicker and suffering greatly, pleading for relief.

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"To see your daughter dying in front of your eyes, day by day, watching her weaken and get sicker – it pained me."

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"We have much more care in healthier, wealthier parts of Australia than in poorer, sicker parts of Australia," Peter Breadon, from the Grattan Institute think tank says.

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