The nurses turned the patient regularly in order to prevent bedsores.
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Bedsores
Synonyms for "bedsores" (5 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
decubitus ulcer
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
pressure sorepressure ulcer
Related words (2)
Noun(2 words)
staging systemulcer staging
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More general
4 entriesMore specific
8 entriesfull thickness ulcerheel ulcerinfected ulcerischial ulcernecrotic ulcerpartial thickness ulcersacral ulcertrochanteric ulcer
Collocations
6 entriesimmobilized patientpressure ulcerrepositioning scheduleskin assessmentulcer stagingwound care
Derivations
1 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
He is paralyzed from the waist down and gaping bedsores on the back of his legs and buttocks ooze infected pus.
Source: tatoeba (11062538)
Tom has bedsores.
Source: tatoeba (11921110)