sufferer       
noun [ C ] uk/ˈsʌf.ər.ər/ us/ˈsʌf.ɚ.ɚ/
C2 患病者
a person who has or often gets a particular illness
  Almost 50 percent of cancer sufferers are treated successfully. 大约50%的癌症患者所受的治疗是奏效的。 
 A new drug may give new hope to thousands of hay-fever sufferers. 一种新药可能会给数以千计的枯草热患者带来新的希望。 
 - More examples
 - an asthma sufferer
 - This new cancer treatment offers hope to many sufferers.
 - It has proved to be a wonder drug for sufferers of epilepsy, reducing seizures by up to 80%.
 - Cancer sufferers no longer face certain death as they once did.
 - The pollen count is high today, which is bad news for hay fever sufferers.