bedridden definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: confined to bed (by illness) [syn: bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, sick-abed] Merriam Webster's also bedrid adjective Etymology ... f. ridan ride Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bedrid Bed"rid`, Bedridden Bed"rid`den, a. [OE. bedrede, AS. bedreda, bedrida; from ... decrepit, sick, and bedrid father.'' --Shak. ``The estate of a bedridden old gentleman.'' --Macaulay. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Someone who is bedridden is so ill or disabled that they cannot get out of bed. He had to spend two years bedridden with an injury. ...bedridden patients. ADJ Soule's Dictionary ...
... 0 (2005) n 1: a shallow vessel used by a bedridden patient for defecation and urination Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1678 a shallow vessel used by a bedridden person for urination or defecation Oxford Reference Dictionary n. a receptacle used by a bedridden patient for urine and faeces. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bedpan ...
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