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(medicine) Inflammation caused by a reclined position of the body, especially the complications of bed-ridden patients, such as bedsores..
Use decubitis when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Decubitis means (medicine) Inflammation caused by a reclined position of the body, especially the complications of bed-ridden patients, such as bedsores..
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