bed rest
noun
a prolonged rest in bed, as in the treatment of an illness.
a device used to support a person sitting up in bed.
Origin of bed rest
1First recorded in 1870–75
Words Nearby bed rest
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How to use bed rest in a sentence
We have suffered a collective trauma, and it will shape who we become, much the way bed rest changed me.
How pregnancy bed rest helped prepare me for life in a pandemic | Aileen Weintraub | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostNevertheless, after minimal bed rest, he was sent back out—and then on to a subsequent deployment.
One winter evening a woman came to my door to see if she could borrow a bed-rest.
Change in the Village | (AKA George Bourne) George Sturt
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