bedsore

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bedsore

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Etymology

From bed +‎ sore.

Noun

bedsore (plural bedsores)

1. (medicine, usually in the plural, dated) A lesion caused by unrelieved pressure to any part of the body, especially portions over bony or cartilaginous areas, such as frequently develops on a person confined to a bed by infirmity.
   • 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 195:

     With the slightest movement shooting pain through her thin frame, she developed bedsores under her thighs and back that got infected.

Usage notes

See pressure ulcer § Usage notes.

Synonyms

• (lesion caused by pressure): pressure ulcer, decubitus

Translations

lesion caused by pressure

Catalan: úlcera per pressió f Chinese: Mandarin: 褥瘡 / 褥疮 (zh) (rùchuāng) Czech: proleženina (cs) f Danish: liggesår n Finnish: makuuhaava (fi) French: escarre (fr) f, plaie de pression (Québec) German: Dekubitus (de) m, Druckgeschwür n Hebrew: פצע לחץ m (pétza-lákhatz) Hungarian: felfekvés (hu) Irish: anacair leapa f Italian: piaga da decubito, ulcera da decubito Latvian: izgulējums (lv) m Norwegian: Bokmål: liggesår (no) n, trykksår n, decubitus m Polish: odleżyna f Portuguese: escara f Russian: про́лежень (ru) m (próleženʹ) Spanish: escara (es) f, úlcera por presión f Swedish: liggsår (sv) n, trycksår n Welsh: dolur gwely m, briw gorwedd m

Anagrams

• Bedores, Deboers, derobes, rosebed, sobered