bedrest

See also: bed rest

English

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bedrest

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Alternative forms

• bed rest

Etymology

From Middle English bædræste, from Old English bedrest, beddrest, equivalent to bed +‎ rest.

Noun

bedrest (countable and uncountable, plural bedrests)

1. A device used to support a person sitting up in bed.
2. (medicine) Confinement to bed, often under instructions of a physician, in order to recover from an injury, an illness, or the frailty associated with other physical discomforts such as a difficult pregnancy.

Translations

confinement to bed in order to recover

Catalan: allitament m German: Bettruhe (de) f Indonesian: tirah baring Russian: посте́льный режи́м (ru) m (postélʹnyj režím)

See also

• “bedrest”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.