Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The attitude assumed by a sick person when lying down in bed. See anaclisis.
  • noun Same as bed-sore.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) An attitude assumed in lying down.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A bedsore.
  • noun The posture of someone in bed, or reclining.
  • noun A position assumed in lying down.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a reclining position (as in a bed)

Etymologies

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Latin de ("down") + cubare ("to recline")

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Examples

  • The semi-recumbent position held sway in Europe before the time of the obstetric chair, and after a period of great popularity soon disappeared, although its traces remained, especially in the slowly progressing country districts, until the last thirty or forty years, when it finally yielded completely to the dorsal decubitus, which is now almost universal among civilized people.

    Labor Among Primitive Peoples 1884

  • This technology has been applied to many different types of wounds, including chronic radiation ulcers, donor site wounds (the site where a skin graft has been taken from to be used on a wound at a different location), chronic ulcers in diabetics, pressure wounds (such as decubitus ulcers from when a patient who cannot move on their own may lay on one part of their body and have pressure between their bones and the surface they lie on cause a wound), traumatic and surgical wounds, certain abdominal wounds, as well as many others.

    The MetroWest Daily News Homepage RSS 2009

  • That is just too precious: ‘dr’ attempting to lecture about decubitus ulcers without having an understanding of the subject. [ 'dr' is now furiously googling wikipedia to prove 'yes he does know'].

    Think Progress » Graham: ‘No Way In The World’ Is Massachusetts’ Health Care Plan Similar To The Democratic Proposal 2010

  • Nosocomial infections (hospital induced) by MRSA are not limited to those with decubitus ulcers (bed sores).

    Think Progress » Graham: ‘No Way In The World’ Is Massachusetts’ Health Care Plan Similar To The Democratic Proposal 2010

  • So, I couldn't tell them about the painful spot in my low back until it turned into the beginning of a decubitus ulcer.

    MY KNEES (PART TWO -- SURGERY AND REHAB) Maggie Jochild 2007

  • I've never ever had a pressure ulcer also called a "bedsore" or decubitus ulcer anywhere on my body, including my tailbone, in part because I've spent quite a bit of time lobbying on it's behalf every time I put my body into strangers' hands, lay on a hard x-ray table, or require other people's assistance in keeping it healthy.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Kay Olson 2008

  • I've never ever had a pressure ulcer also called a "bedsore" or decubitus ulcer anywhere on my body, including my tailbone, in part because I've spent quite a bit of time lobbying on it's behalf every time I put my body into strangers' hands, lay on a hard x-ray table, or require other people's assistance in keeping it healthy.

    The Russian Kay Olson 2008

  • Malnutrition can lead to the development of decubitus ulcers and prevents existing decubitus ulcers from healing.

    Family Member Guide to Nursing Homes 2007

  • Pressure sores or pressure ulcers or decubitus ulcers are all probably better terms.

    Andrea Dworkin on disability 2006

  • They could develop decubitus ulcers that may not heal and could kill them.

    Regarding The CAT Scan Of Terri Schiavo’s Brain 2005

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  • Bloody oozing, odour and haemorrhage occur from his decubitus ulcers.

    - Peter Reading, C, 1984

    September 28, 2008