Bedsore

Synonyms for "bedsore" (5 found)

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Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (2)

Related words (2)

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Translations

27 translations across 19 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries
  • úlcera per pressió noun (lesion caused by pressure)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 褥瘡 /褥疮 noun (lesion caused by pressure)

Czech

1 entries
  • proleženina noun (lesion caused by pressure)

Danish

1 entries
  • liggesår noun (lesion caused by pressure)

Finnish

1 entries
  • makuuhaava noun (lesion caused by pressure)

French

2 entries
  • escarre noun (lesion caused by pressure)
  • plaie de pression noun (lesion caused by pressure)

German

2 entries
  • Dekubitus noun (lesion caused by pressure)
  • Druckgeschwür noun (lesion caused by pressure)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • פצע לחץ noun (lesion caused by pressure)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • felfekvés noun (lesion caused by pressure)

Irish

1 entries
  • anacair leapa noun (lesion caused by pressure)

Italian

2 entries
  • piaga da decubito noun (lesion caused by pressure)
  • ulcera da decubito noun (lesion caused by pressure)

Latvian

1 entries
  • izgulējums noun (lesion caused by pressure)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • decubitus noun (lesion caused by pressure)
  • liggesår noun (lesion caused by pressure)
  • trykksår noun (lesion caused by pressure)

Polish

1 entries
  • odleżyna noun (lesion caused by pressure)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • escara noun (lesion caused by pressure)

Russian

1 entries
  • про́лежень noun (lesion caused by pressure)

Spanish

2 entries
  • escara noun (lesion caused by pressure)
  • úlcera por presión noun (lesion caused by pressure)

Swedish

2 entries
  • liggsår noun (lesion caused by pressure)
  • trycksår noun (lesion caused by pressure)

Welsh

2 entries
  • briw gorwedd noun (lesion caused by pressure)
  • dolur gwely noun (lesion caused by pressure)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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"I'm working as a nursing assistant now." "What does that entail?" "I move patients so that they don't get bedsore, change their diapers, and help them use the bathroom and eat too." "Do you find it enjoyable?" "I don't know about enjoyable, but I think it's an important job." "Ah, gotcha, well keep it up!"

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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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