Usually means: Pressure ulcer from prolonged immobility.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. bedsore: Merriam-Webster
  2. bedsore: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bedsore: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bedsore: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bedsore: Vocabulary.com
  6. bedsore: Wordnik
  7. bedsore: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. bedsore: Wiktionary
  9. bedsore: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. bedsore: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. bedsore: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. bedsore: Dictionary.com
  13. Bedsore: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Bedsore: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. bedsore: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. bedsore: Rhymezone
  17. Bedsore: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. bedsore: FreeDictionary.org
  19. bedsore: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. bedsore: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. bedsore: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bedsore: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. bedsore: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Bedsore: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  6. bedsore: Medical dictionary
  7. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  8. Bedsore: Drug Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bedsore: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  (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.

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