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Bedridden

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness. not-comparable

    "the estate of a bedridden old gentleman"

Adjective
  1. 1
    confined to bed (by illness) wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English bedredyn, bedraden, bedreden, bæddrædæn (also as bedreede, bedrede), from Old English bedreda (“bedridden”, adj.), from bedreda, bedrida, bæddryda (“one who is bedridden”, noun), from bed, bedd (“bed”) + rida (“rider”), with -en by analogy with past participle adjectives.

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