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bedridden

[ bed-rid-n ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

confined to bed because of illness, injury, etc.

bedridden

/ ˈ��ɛ��ˌ��ɪ��ə�� /

adjective

confined to bed because of illness, esp for a long or indefinite period

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bedridden¹

1300–50; Middle English, variant (by confusion with past participle of ride ) of bedrid

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bedridden¹

Old English bedreda , from bedd bed + -rida rider, from ��ī�岹�� to ride

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The loss of her livelihood left her bedridden for several days.

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The office worker from Devon describes days bedridden with "excruciating" pain and chronic itching, while waiting up to 18 months for NHS treatments.

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Fatigue from multiple rounds of chemo had him bedridden at his Michigan home by February, the month he finished them up.

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“I was bedridden with the flu at the time,” he said.

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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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