bedsore

American  

[bed-sawr, -sohr] / ˈbɛdˌsɔr, -ˌsoʊr /

noun

Pathology.

1. 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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bedsore British  

/ ˈbɛdˌsɔː /

noun

1. the nontechnical name for decubitus ulcer

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Etymology

Origin of bedsore

First recorded in 1860–65; bed + sore

Example Sentences

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bedsore

Hughes, the nurse supervisor at the facility, told The Times that Thomas developed a bedsore, but “we did everything that we were supposed to be doing” to treat it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025

All this comes before a close-up on a suppurating bedsore.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2024

A bedsore develops when blood supply to the skin is cut off for more than two to three hours.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2023

By April 2017, the bedsore on his right heel — a result, in part, of his rarely getting out of bed or his wheelchair — required the foot to be amputated.

From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2021

And when he became bedridden, she turned him on his side every hour so he wouldn’t get a bedsore.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini