Signs for SICK

Meaning: Suffering from or affected with disease, ill health or physical illness.

Pronunciation (sign description): Dominant open-8 (handshape) with the tip of the middle finger in contact with the middle forehead (location), palm in (orientation), taps once or twice (depending on the contexts or subtle meanings) on the forehead (movement).

Formal citation.

Pronunciation (sign description): Dominant open-8 (handshape) with the tip of the middle finger in contact with the middle forehead while passive open-8 of the same orientation on the middle torso (location), palms in (orientation), tap once or twice (depending on the contexts or subtle meanings) on the forehead and torso respectively (movement).

Related signs: DISEASE, ILL, UNHEALTHY.

Opposite: HEALTHY.