bedsore


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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.
It has been learnt from the PML-N sources that Begum Kalsoom has developed bedsore which resulted in infection and high grade fever.
A bedsore is caused by reduced blood supply to a 'pressure area' such as the back of the head, buttocks or heels.
Twenty-two years on, the 57-yearold is wheelchair-bound and suffers constant agony due to a bedsore caused by, he claims, health service failings.
Ahead of Stop Pressure Ulcer Day on November 17, podiatry staff at Cardiff & Vale University Health Board will provide information in local hospital wards, giving staff the chance to refresh their knowledge of bedsore assessment and treatment.
Paralyzed from transverse myelitis, Terry developed a gaping bedsore that exposed her spine.
In this work, we propose a service able to automatically assess the bedsore risk, able to help the caregiver to decide the care program and, thus, control that the actual patient's position matches with the turning plan, and increase the quality of nursing care.
On April 29, Paul's wife and a CM MC nurse discovered that he had developed a decubitus ulcer commonly referred to as a bedsore, on his tailbone.
The bedsore is a malady with a seemingly antiquated name, but it can have serious consequences.
hOsPitals failing to tackle the pounds 4billion-a-year deadly bedsore crisis in the nhs are today exposed in a league of shame.
Habana created a "hellhole," Vivian Hewitt told the New York Times after her mother died when "a large bedsore became infected with feces."