What word means 'being cared for'

[nq:1]I need a word that means 'being cared for (because the subject is ill)' or 'under the supervision of a doctor'.[/nq]
I don't believe there is a single word which means the same as "being cared for".
You already have just about the shortest possible expression for it.

JNugent wrote on 10 Nov 2004:
[nq:2]I need a word that means 'being cared for (because the subject is ill)' or 'under the supervision of a doctor'.[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't believe there is a single word which means the same as "being cared for". You already have just about the shortest possible expression for it.[/nq]
"Inpatient" has this as part of its meaning; "patient" (noun) stro

[nq:2]I need a word that means 'being cared for (because the subject is ill)' or 'under the supervision of a doctor'.[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't believe there is a single word which means the same as "being cared for". You already have just about the shortest possible expression for it.[/nq]
Nursed.

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[nq:2]I don't believe there is a single word which means ... already have just about the shortest possible expression for it.[/nq]
[nq:1]Nursed.[/nq]
'Being cared for' would be 'being nursed'.

Freddy rakstija:
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[nq:2]Nursed.[/nq]
[nq:1]'Being cared for' would be 'being nursed'.[/nq]
Yeah, but that can be somewhat ambiguous. "Nursed" also means "breastfed". Context would probably clarify, but someone might make a joke out of it.
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[nq:2]Freddy rakstija: Yeah, but that can be somewhat ambiguous. "Nursed" ... but someone might make a joke out of it. [/nq]
[nq:1]Yeah, but someone might make a joke of 'being cared for'.[/nq]
Hospitalized. Bedridden. Wheelchair-bound. Crutch-bound.
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[nq:2]Nursed.[/nq]
[nq:1]'Being cared for' would be 'being nursed'.[/nq]
At least I cared enough to send my very best.

So I was feeding the hummingbirds but not changing the feeder sugar water quickly enough and it fermented into something like that stuff that Hunter S Thompson was drinking in the Rum Diary, anyway, so I had these drunk birds flying everywhere just like mosquitoes

[nq:1]I need a word that means 'being cared for (because the subject is ill)' or 'under the supervision of a doctor'.[/nq]
Patient.

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convalescing?
(Though it seems to equate to recuperate, which is a bit unilateral for what you require, convalesce intuititively seems to me to enjoy an additional nuance. I picture verterans in wheelchairs with throw-blankets across their legs, staring at beatiful landscapes, and attended by demure nurses with improbable hats.)
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