🔄 Synonyms of "Bedsore"
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| decubitus ulcernoun | (dated) Synonym of pressure ulcer. |
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| Word | Definition |
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| decubitus ulcernoun | (dated) Synonym of pressure ulcer. |
| pressure sorenoun | (dated) Synonym of pressure ulcer. |
| lesionnoun | (pathology) A wound or injury. |
| decubitisnoun | (medicine) Inflammation caused by a reclined position of the body, especially the complications of bed-ridden patients, such as bedsores. |
| pressure ulcernoun | (medicine, nursing) An ulcer caused by prolonged pressure on the skin as a person lies in a bed or sits in a chair or wheelchair; preventable with sufficient nursing care. |
| oriental sorenoun | (pathology) Cutaneous leishmaniasis. |
| ulcernoun | (pathology) An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection. |
| soreheadnoun | A person who has a tendency to be angry or to feel offended. |
| erosionnoun | (uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face. |
| veld sorenoun | Alternative form of veldt sore. [An infectious sore, usually on the hands or feet, that is a symptom of cutaneous diphtheria.] |
| pressure injurynoun | (medicine, nursing) Synonym of pressure ulcer. |
| psoranoun | (medicine, obsolete) A cutaneous disease, especially psoriasis, scabies, or mange. |
| bursopathynoun | (pathology) A disorder of the bursa. |
| infectionnoun | An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host. |
| keroidnoun | (medicine) A thick overgrowth of tissue on severe burns. |
| complaintnoun | The act of complaining. |
| morbusnoun | (medicine, formal) A disease. |
| leprosynoun | (pathology, medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers. |
| dysesthesianoun | (medicine) A condition caused by lesions of the nervous system that causes abnormal sensations such as burning, wetness, or itching. |
| dysæsthesianoun | Obsolete spelling of dysesthesia. [(medicine) A condition caused by lesions of the nervous system that causes abnormal sensations such as burning, wetness, or itching.] |
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