Sentence:  Mr. A. , her fellow townsman , also experienced a nervous breakdown just as soon as he discovered that he had been bilked of his life savings by the limited practitioner who had been treating his wife - a <WSD>woman</WSD> suffering from an incurable disease , multiple sclerosis - and himself . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  an adult female person (as opposed to a man)