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Definition of Bedsore

1. Noun. A chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients).

Definition of Bedsore

1. n. A sore on the back or hips caused by lying for a long time in bed.

Definition of Bedsore

1. Noun. (context: usually in plural) A lesion caused by unrelieved pressure to any part of the body, especially portions over bony or cartilaginous areas, such as frequently develops on a person confined to a bed by infirmity. ¹

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Definition of Bedsore

1. a type of sore [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bedsore

1. A chronic ulcer that appears in pressure areas in debilitated patients confined to bed or otherwise immobilised, due to a circulatory defect from the enhanced tissue pressure in high-contact areas, often occurring over a bony prominence (for example sacral decubitus). (13 Nov 1997)

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Literary usage of Bedsore

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1893)
"Treatment of bedsore and of Chilblain. ... (commencing bedsore) we must do everything possible to improve the general health, and carefully attend to the ..."

2. Materia Medica and Special Therapeutics of the New Remedies by Edwin Moses Hale (1897)
"... continuance of the same position would cause bedsore; when turning on the other side, the same sensation was produced on the hips. (Dr. JS Douglas. ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1896)
"On April 1st had a small bedsore with slight discharge. April 12th, bedsore healing, no discharge. May 1st, bedsore well. The red corpuscles, haemoglobin, ..."

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