infirmitynoun [ C or U ]
uk/ɪnˈfɜː.mə.ti/us/ɪnˈfɝː.mə.t̬i/formalillness, especially for long periods or because of old age:
an advanced state of infirmity
She suffered from a long list of infirmities.
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The elderly
- a ripe old age idiom
- aged
- ageism
- agism
- centenarian
- crock
- geriatric
- geriatrics
- gerontology
- octogenarian
- old
- old age
- old age pensioner
- old boy
- sb's declining years idiom
- senile
- senior citizen
- septuagenarian
- seventies
- sexagenarian
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