invalidingn.
/ɪnvəˈliːdɪŋ/ Removing or discharging from service on account of sickness or injury. Also attributive.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > removing from service
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society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > discharge from service > [noun] > due to illness or injury
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1796 Ld. Nelson Let. 2 Aug. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 229 Those made since him in invaliding vacancies, are confirmed.
1797 Ld. Nelson Let. Apr. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 324 In the Sick List, three men, objects for invaliding.
1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 536 There is invaliding also; that is, men with fatal diseases are discharged.
1897 M. L. Hughes Mediterranean Fever i. 3 Though the rate of mortality is very low, the invaliding rate is high.
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