bedridden
adjective
bed·rid·den
ˈbed-ˌri-dᵊn 
variants
or less commonly bedrid
: confined (as by illness) to bed
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Fire was approaching the facility, home to 45 elderly and disabled patients ranging in age from mid-60s to 103, many of them bedridden, some with dementia.
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Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
In its pivotal scene, Patrick, a child, bids goodbye to his ill and bedridden mother as movers empty the house of its furniture.
—Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
And Aegon, bedridden and cockless, still holds on to the flimsy dream of power.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2024
In one case, a caregiver hired by an 84-year-old bedridden senior forged the senior’s signature to create a false power of attorney.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
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Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
In its pivotal scene, Patrick, a child, bids goodbye to his ill and bedridden mother as movers empty the house of its furniture.
—Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
And Aegon, bedridden and cockless, still holds on to the flimsy dream of power.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2024
In one case, a caregiver hired by an 84-year-old bedridden senior forged the senior’s signature to create a false power of attorney.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Bedridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedridden. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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bedridden
adjective
bed·rid·den
ˈbed-ˌrid-ᵊn
: forced to stay in bed especially by illness or weakness
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bedridden
adjective
bed·rid·den
ˈbed-ˌrid-ᵊn
variants
also bedrid
: confined to bed (as by illness)
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