bedsore

[ bed-sawr, -sohr ]

/ ˈbɛdˌsɔr, -ˌsoʊr /

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noun Pathology.

an ulceration of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by poor circulation due to prolonged pressure on body parts, especially bony protuberances, occurring in bedridden or immobile patients; decubitus ulcer.

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Origin of bedsore

First recorded in 1860–65; bed + sore

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How to use bedsore in a sentence

With due watchfulness and care on the part of the nurse a bed-sore ought rarely to occur.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various
Another suffered from a terrible bed-sore, which arose in the same way.
With an Ambulance During the Franco-German War|Charles Edward Ryan
Bud was sleepy, and crept away obediently; but the day was spoiled, and he went to bed sore with his brother's disappointment.
Ole Mammy's Torment|Annie Fellows Johnston
The acute bed-sore usually occurs over the sacrum or buttock.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

The chronic bed-sore begins as a dusky reddish purple patch, which gradually becomes darker till it is almost black.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for bedsore

bedsore

/ (ˈbɛdˌsɔː) /

noun

the nontechnical name for decubitus ulcer

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