プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
びょうにん【病人】
a sick person, a person who is ill；〔病弱者〕an invalid；〔患者〕a patient, a case；〔総称〕the sick
ここでは昨年病人が出なかった
「We had [There was] no illness here last year.
洪水の後病人が続出した
After the flood, 「people fell ill one after another [disease was prevalent].