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bed·sore

 (bĕd′sôr′)
n.
A pressure-induced ulceration of the skin occurring in persons confined to bed for long periods of time. Also called decubitus ulcer.
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bedsore

(ˈbɛdˌsɔː)
n
(Pathology) the nontechnical name for decubitus ulcer
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bed•sore

(ˈbɛdˌsɔr, -ˌsoʊr)

n.
a skin ulcer over a bony part of the body, caused by immobility and prolonged pressure, as in bedridden persons; decubitus ulcer. Also called pressure sore.
[1860–65]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.bedsore - a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients)
ulceration - a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue
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Translations

bedsore

[ˈbedsɔːʳ] Núlcera f de decúbito
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bedsore

bed sore [ˈbɛdsɔːr] nescarre f
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bedsore

[ˈbɛdˌsɔːʳ] npiaga da decubito
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bed·sore

, bed sore
n. úlcera por decúbito.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

bedsore

n úlcera de decúbito (form),úlcera por presión, llaga debida a permanecer mucho tiempo sentado o encamado sin cambiar de posición
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References in classic literature ?
Agafea Mihalovna, speaking of the man just dead, had said: "Well, thank God, he took the sacrament and received absolution; God grant each one of us such a death." Katya in just the same way, besides all her care about linen, bedsores, drink, found time the very first day to persuade the sick man of the necessity of taking the sacrament and receiving absolution.
The Department of Home Health Care in Najran has successfully reduced the ratio of patients with bedsores from 11 percent in Jan.
Another patient, Arthur Cunningham, 79, died at the hospital in 1998 but his stepson Charles Farthing said: "He went in to be treated for bedsores. There's no way he was near death."
Months of neglect left a 78-year-old Mount Prospect woman with bedsores so severe part of her spinal cord and a gold screw in her knee from a previous surgery were exposed, according to Cook County prosecutors who named the woman's caregiver-daughter as the person responsible for her mother's life-threatening condition.
Bedsores Older adults who are prone for any length of time are susceptible to the pressure injuries you may know as bedsores.
Alexandra Jones, solicitor in the Medical Negligence department at Jackson Lees, talks to us about bedsores, how they can be avoided and what you can do if you or a loved one have suffered with them.
She had bedsores, fever, urinary tract infection, acute kidney failure and severe dehydration and had to be fed through a stomach tube.
Stage three bedsores only occur when stage one and stage two bedsores do not receive effective or adequate medical care.
Across the UK pressure ulcers, or bedsores, can cost up to 4% of the annual healthcare budget - an estimated PS2.1bn.