1. Grievously affected especially by disease
   "The stricken population struggled to cope with the epidemic";
   - afflicted
    
2. (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
   "conscience-stricken";
   - smitten, struck
    
3. Put out of action (by illness)
   "The flu left him stricken for a week";
   - laid low

See also: affected, ill, sick

Encyclopedia: Stricken