invalidcy

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Noun[edit]

invalidcy (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) invalidism; infirmity
    • 1840, The American Medical Almanac, page 127:
      Here the most authentic source of information is a “Report on the sickness, mortality, and invalidcy among the troops in the United Kingdom, the Mediterranean, and British America,” printed in the year 1839 []
    • 1912, National Safety Council, Transactions, volumes 1-3, page 180:
      What is to be done with those who are incapacitated by sickness, invalidcy or old age?