Pepto-Bismol (or pink bismuth), specifically, is known to turn the tongue and/or stool black temporarily. This condition can persist for a few days... Q.diarrhea for 4 wks. watery and then black stools.
sick day noun [C]. âº a day for which an âemployee âreceives âpay while âabsent from âwork because of âillness. (Definition of sick day from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press).
Sick role is a term used in medical sociology regarding sickness and the rights and obligations of the affected.It is a concept created by American sociologist Talcott Parsons in 1951.arsons was a functionalist sociologist, who argued that being sick means that the sufferer enters a role of 'sanctioned deviance'. This is because, from a functionalist perspective, a sick individual is not a productive member of society.