Meaning & use
Bedbound
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Confined to bed due to illness, injury, or frailty and unable to get up.
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After the surgery, he was bedbound for nearly three weeks.
The nursing home cares for several residents who are bedbound.
A note on using this word
A close synonym of 'bedridden,' commonly used in medical and caregiving contexts to describe a patient's inability to leave bed.
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