bedsore

English

Etymology

bed +‎ sore

Noun

bedsore (plural bedsores)

(medicine, usually in the plural, dated) 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.
- 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 195:
  With the slightest movement shooting pain through her thin frame, she developed bedsores under her thighs and back that got infected.

Usage notes

See pressure ulcer § Usage notes.

Synonyms

(lesion caused by pressure): pressure ulcer, decubitus

Translations

lesion caused by pressure

Catalan: úlcera per pressió f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 褥瘡／褥疮 (zh) (rùchuāng)
Czech: proleženina (cs) f
Danish: liggesår n
Finnish: makuuhaava (fi)
French: escarre (fr) f, plaie de pression (Québec)
German: Dekubitus (de) m, Druckgeschwür n
Hebrew: פצע לחץ m (pétza-lákhatz)
Hungarian: felfekvés (hu)
Irish: anacair leapa f
Italian: piaga da decubito, ulcera da decubito
Latvian: izgulējums (lv) m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: liggesår (no) n, trykksår n, decubitus m
Polish: odleżyna f
Portuguese: escara f
Russian: про́лежень (ru) m (próleženʹ)
Spanish: escara (es) f, úlcera por presión f
Swedish: liggsår (sv) n, trycksår n
Welsh: dolur gwely m, briw gorwedd m

Anagrams

Bedores, Deboers, derobes, rosebed, sobered

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