bedridden
to need to stay in bed because of illness or injury
TRANSLATION
bedridden = bettlägerig --- GOOGLE INDEX bedridden: approximately 3,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
A teenager from Doncaster who has been BEDRIDDEN for three years is hopeful she can walk again after she trialled a new medical treatment in America.
(BBC NEWS)
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Clots in the legs are a common risk for the BEDRIDDEN as Hillary Clinton may have been after her concussion. Those are "no big deal" and are treated with blood thinners, Dr. Gholam Motamedi, a neurologist at Georgetown University Medical Center who is not involved in Clinton's care, told The Associated Press.
(Newsday)
(BBC NEWS)
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Clots in the legs are a common risk for the BEDRIDDEN as Hillary Clinton may have been after her concussion. Those are "no big deal" and are treated with blood thinners, Dr. Gholam Motamedi, a neurologist at Georgetown University Medical Center who is not involved in Clinton's care, told The Associated Press.
(Newsday)
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bedridden
adjective
- having to stay in bed because of illness or injury
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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At first glance bedridden seems like an odd word, given that "ridden" is the past participle of ride, a verb of action. After all, to be bedridden means being immobile. The expression derives from the Old English bedreda however, which literally means "bed rider." The implication is that a bedridden person stays on a bed like someone sitting on a horse. The difference being of course that horses move and beds generally don't.
One of the risks of being bedridden for too long is that one can get bedsores, which are ulcers that form on the skin by lying in one position too long. Another unpleasant consequence is having to use a bedpan instead of the toilet. And that's no bed of roses (an idiom meaning difficult or unpleasant).
Tired of being bedridden and dealing with bedsores? Call a doctor and make sure that he or she has good bedside manners, which means to have a good approach or attitude toward a patient. You might even discover that you and the doctor are "strange bedfellows" (unlikely allies).
And before the doctor arrives, it's always a good idea to change your bedclothes and perhaps the bedcovers. Because as the saying goes, "You made your bed. Now you have to lie in it."
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SYNONYMS
incapacitated, flat on one's back, infirm, invalid, laid up, prostrate
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"She's taking time off from work to care for her bedridden mother."
adjective
- having to stay in bed because of illness or injury
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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At first glance bedridden seems like an odd word, given that "ridden" is the past participle of ride, a verb of action. After all, to be bedridden means being immobile. The expression derives from the Old English bedreda however, which literally means "bed rider." The implication is that a bedridden person stays on a bed like someone sitting on a horse. The difference being of course that horses move and beds generally don't.
One of the risks of being bedridden for too long is that one can get bedsores, which are ulcers that form on the skin by lying in one position too long. Another unpleasant consequence is having to use a bedpan instead of the toilet. And that's no bed of roses (an idiom meaning difficult or unpleasant).
Tired of being bedridden and dealing with bedsores? Call a doctor and make sure that he or she has good bedside manners, which means to have a good approach or attitude toward a patient. You might even discover that you and the doctor are "strange bedfellows" (unlikely allies).
And before the doctor arrives, it's always a good idea to change your bedclothes and perhaps the bedcovers. Because as the saying goes, "You made your bed. Now you have to lie in it."
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SYNONYMS
incapacitated, flat on one's back, infirm, invalid, laid up, prostrate
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"She's taking time off from work to care for her bedridden mother."
