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Definition of Bedsores
1. bedsore [n] - See also: bedsore
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedsores
Literary usage of Bedsores
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on the Diseases of the Nervous System: Delivered at La Salpêtrière by Jean Martin Charcot (1881)
"... excitation, then abolition of re/lex excitability; permanent contracture ;
bedsores. Position and nature of the lesions. Pathogeny. ..."
2. Diseases of the Skin: A Textbook for Students and Practitioners by J. M. H. MacLeod (1921)
"bedsores Definition.—bedsores are superficial ulcerations or necroses which result
from pressure or friction on the skin when it is devitalised by some ..."
3. Modern surgical therapeutics: A Compendium of Current Formulæ, Approved by George Henry Napheys (1878)
"The surgeon should be constantly on his guard against bedsores, in all diseases
at all prone to ... bedsores."
4. Postoperative treatment by Nathan Clark Morse (1905)
"bedsores, a form of gangrene, are the result of continued pressure, and it is very
... THE TREATMENT of bedsores resolves itself into: (a) prophylaxis, ..."
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