bedsore

English

Etymology

From bed +‎ sore.

Noun

bedsore (plural bedsores)

1. (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