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If one suffers from a disease, is one better considered a sufferer from a disease, or a sufferer of a disease?
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If one suffers from a disease, is one better considered a sufferer from a disease, or a sufferer of a disease?
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If one suffers from a disease, is one better considered a sufferer from a disease, or a sufferer of a disease?
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If one suffers from a disease, is one better considered a sufferer from a disease, or a sufferer of a disease?
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One both suffers from a disease, and is a sufferer of that disease.
answered Mar 29 at 17:20
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Any source for this? Or is it based on ‘common sense’, that dreadful misnomer?
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One both suffers from a disease, and is a sufferer of that disease.
answered Mar 29 at 17:20
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Any source for this? Or is it based on ‘common sense’, that dreadful misnomer?
– aabeba
Mar 29 at 21:30
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One both suffers from a disease, and is a sufferer of that disease.
answered Mar 29 at 17:20
calum_bcalum_b
96469
Any source for this? Or is it based on ‘common sense’, that dreadful misnomer?
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Mar 29 at 21:30
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One both suffers from a disease, and is a sufferer of that disease.
answered Mar 29 at 17:20
calum_bcalum_b
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One both suffers from a disease, and is a sufferer of that disease.
answered Mar 29 at 17:20
calum_bcalum_b
96469
answered Mar 29 at 17:20
calum_bcalum_b
96469
answered Mar 29 at 17:20
calum_bcalum_b
96469
answered Mar 29 at 17:20
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96469
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Any source for this? Or is it based on ‘common sense’, that dreadful misnomer?
– aabeba
Mar 29 at 21:30
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Any source for this? Or is it based on ‘common sense’, that dreadful misnomer?
– aabeba
Mar 29 at 21:30
Any source for this? Or is it based on ‘common sense’, that dreadful misnomer?
– aabeba
Mar 29 at 21:30
Any source for this? Or is it based on ‘common sense’, that dreadful misnomer?
– aabeba
Mar 29 at 21:30
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