bedfast
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of bedfast
Example Sentences
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He first tried it three years ago on a young woman patient in Houston who had been bedfast six years with arthritic swellings in both knees.
From Time Magazine Archive
First, a cumbersome external device that will keep the patient bedfast.
From Time Magazine Archive
The scientists, who have been going aboard each morning since the test started on Jan. 19, took blood samples from the bedfast half of the crew.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here and there a bedfast invalid screamed foolishly.
From Time Magazine Archive
I knew a sick girl, who, bedfast for years, used to amuse herself with what her windows and an opera-glass commanded in the way of sky and foliage.
From Doctor and Patient by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)
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