bedridden

bed·rid·den (b

n) also bed·rid (-r

)

adj.

Confined to bed because of illness or infirmity.

[Middle English bedreden, from Old English bedrida : bed, bed; see bed + rida, rider (from rdan, to ride; see ride).]

bedridden [ˈbɛdˌrɪd^ən]

adj

confined to bed because of illness, esp for a long or indefinite period

[Old English bedreda, from bedd bed + -rida rider, from rīdan to ride]

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Adj.

bedridden - confined to bed (by illness)

bedfast, bedrid, sick-abed

ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"

bedridden

adjective confined to bed, confined, incapacitated, laid up (informal), flat on your back bedridden patients

Translations

bedridden [ˈbedrɪdn] ADJ → postrado en la cama

bedridden [ˈbɛdrɪd^ən] adj → cloué(e) au lit

bedridden

adj → bettlägerig

bedridden [ˈbɛdˌrɪd/ən] adj → costretto/a or inchiodato/a a letto

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ambulate
ambulatory
basin
bedfast
bedpan
Bedrid
bedsore
crippled
decubitus ulcer
diet
disabled
emesis basin
Groans and Whispers
immobile
invalid
laid up
light diet
oxygen tent
pressure sore

They were bedridden all of Wednesday and Thursday, and seemed to grow more and more tired and worn, all the time.

Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context

Delvin: her handwriting is a credit to the school that taught her; and the poor bedridden creature words her invitation so nicely, that I myself couldn't have resisted it--and I'm a hard one, as you know.

I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context

---tend me this bedridden fellow since he must needs be tended, whilst these knaves use their weapons.

Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context

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