bedrest

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noun
Definitions
  • A device used to support a person sitting up in bed.
  • (medicine) Confinement to bed, often under instructions of a physician, in order to recover from an injury, an illness, or the frailty associated with other physical discomforts such as a difficult pregnancy.

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Inherited from Middle English bædræste inherited from Old English bedrest com from English bed + English rest (remain).

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English

rest

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remain

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