See Also: invalid(4)(dictionary)
invalid(2)(dictionary)
invalid(medicine)
invalid(3)(dictionary)
invalid(1)(dictionary)
INVALID(law)
invalid 1, adjective(dictionary)
invalid 2, noun(dictionary)
invalid 3, verb(dictionary)
Invalid Assignment(law)

invalid(2) (iou) and Murphy bed (iou)


invalid(2) (iou)



invalid adjective2 & noun. M17.
[Use of INVALID adjective1.]
A. adjective. Infirm or disabled from sickness, disease, or injury. M17.
J. Barnes His invalid son, who had just suffered his first attack of epilepsy.
b. noun.
An infirm or sickly person. E18.
invalid car, invalid chair, invalid diet, invalid table, etc.
J. Wain My wife's a hopeless invalid, completely bedridden.
A person, esp. a member of the armed forces, disabled by illness or injury. E18.
invalidish adjective E19.
invalidism noun the state or condition of being an invalid; chronic infirmity or ill Health that prevents activity: L18.
invalidy adjective (colloq., rare) L19.

Murphy bed (iou)



Murphy bed noun phr. N. Amer. E20.
[from Murphy (see below) + BED noun.]
Any of various types of folding bed, developed from an original design by the American manufacturer William Lawrence Murphy (1876-1959).