💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pressure sore"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| pressure injurynoun | (medicine, nursing) Synonym of pressure ulcer. |
| 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. |
| bedsorenoun | (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. |
| 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. |
| decubitusnoun | (medicine) The posture of someone in bed, lying down or reclining. |
| stomach ulcernoun | (pathology, colloquial) Synonym of peptic ulcer. |
| cushing ulcernoun | A gastric ulcer produced by elevated intracranial pressure. |
| decubitus ulcernoun | (dated) Synonym of pressure ulcer. |
| angernoun | A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, unfair or unjust treatment, or an undesired situation. |
| touchnoun | Primarily physical senses. |
| touched | Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by). |
| irenoun | Great anger; wrath; keen resentment. |
| nervenoun | Courage; boldness; audacity; gall. |
| nerves | (German:Nerven) a 1919 German silent film directed by Robert Reinert and starring Eduard von Winterstein, Lia Borré and Erna Morena. |
| rubverb | (transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction. |
| achenoun | (intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed. |
| achedverb | (intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed. |
| angered | Having been made angry. |
| boilnoun | (transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas. |
| chafenoun | (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. |
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