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(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..
With the slightest movement shooting pain through her thin frame, she developed bedsores under her thighs and back that got infected.
Use bed sore when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bed sore means (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..
Common synonyms include pressure ulcer, decubitus, decubitus ulcer.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
With the slightest movement shooting pain through her thin frame, she developed bedsores under her thighs and back that got infected.
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