bedsore

[bed-sawr, -sohr]

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.

Origin of bedsore

First recorded in 1860–65; bed + sore

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Historical Examples of bed-sore

Certain forms of bed-sore are also due to prolonged pressure.
Manual of Surgery
Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
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)
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British Dictionary definitions for bed-sore

bedsore

noun

the nontechnical name for decubitus ulcer

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Word Origin and History for bed-sore

"gangrene caused by anemia due to continued pressure," 1833, from bed (n.) + sore (n.)

bed-sore in Medicine

bedsore

[bĕd′sôr′]

n.

A pressure-induced ulceration of the skin occurring in persons confined to bed for long periods of time.decubitus ulcer pressure sore