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bed·rid·den
(bĕd′rĭd′n) also bed·rid (-rĭd′)adj.
Confined to bed because of illness or infirmity.
[Middle English bedreden, from Old English bedrida : bed, bed; see bed + rida, rider (from rīdan, to ride; see ride).]
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bedridden
(ˈbɛdˌrɪdən)adj
confined to bed because of illness, esp for a long or indefinite period
[Old English bedreda, from bedd bed + -rida rider, from rīdan to ride]
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bed•rid•den
(ˈbɛdˌrɪd n)adj.
confined to bed from illness.
[1300–50; Middle English bedreden, alter. of bedrede, Old English bedreda, bedrida paralytic]
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bedridden
adjective confined to bed, confined, incapacitated, laid up (informal), flat on your back bedridden patients
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Translations
طَريحُ الفِراش
upoutaný na lůžko
lænket til sengensengeliggende
ágy: ágyhoz kötött
rúmfastur
yatağa düşmüşyatalak
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Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bedridden
adj → bettlägerig
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bed
(bed) noun1. a piece of furniture, or a place, to sleep on. The child sleeps in a small bed; a bed of straw.
2. the channel (of a river) or floor (of a sea) etc.
3. a plot in a garden. a bed of flowers.
4. layer. a bed of chalk below the surface.
-bedded suffix having (a certain number or type of) bed(s). a double-bedded room.
ˈbedding noun mattress, bedclothes etc.
ˈbedbug noun a small blood-sucking insect that lives in houses, especially beds.
ˈbedclothes (-kləuðz) , ((American) -kləuz) noun plural sheets, blankets etc.
ˈbedcover noun a top cover for a bed.
ˈbedridden adjective in bed for a long period because of age or sickness. She has been bedridden since the car accident.
ˈbedroom noun a room for sleeping in.
ˈbedside noun the place or position next to a person's bed. He was at her bedside when she died; (also adjective) a bedside table.
ˈbedspread noun a top cover for a bed. Please remove the bedspread before you get into bed.
ˈbedtime noun the time at which one normally goes to bed. Seven o'clock is the children's bedtime; (also adjective) a bedtime story.
bed and breakfast lodging for the night, and breakfast only (not lunch or dinner).
bed of roses an easy or comfortable place, job etc. Life is not a bed of roses.
go to bed1. to get into bed. I'm sleepy – I think I'll go to bed now; What time do you usually go to bed?
2. (often with with) to have sexual intercourse with; to have a love affair with.
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bedridden
a. postrado-a en cama.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
bedridden
adj encamado, incapaz de abandonar la camaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.