sufferer
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“Animate” includes a fascinating chapter on clinical lycanthropy, a psychiatric condition in which the sufferer believes that he or she is an animal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Another sufferer said it took seven years to diagnose her, and despite describing "lightning" going through her face, was told by doctors there was nothing wrong with her.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
Not every back pain sufferer needs to see a spine surgeon, or even a physician, right away.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2024
Writing in the journal Nature, the team describes how all blood cells can be removed from a leukemia sufferer in a targeted manner while a new blood system is built up at the same time.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024
“Well, Mas’r Jaggers,” returned Mike, in the voice of a sufferer from a constitutional cold; “arter a deal o’ trouble, I’ve found one, sir, as might do.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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