"bedrest" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle English bædræste, from Old English bedrest, beddrest, equivalent to bed + rest. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bædræste}} Middle English bædræste, {{inh|en|ang|bedrest}} Old English bedrest, {{m|ang|beddrest}} beddrest, {{com|en|bed|rest}} bed + rest Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bedrest (uncountable)
  1. A device used to support a person sitting up in bed. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-bedrest-en-noun-F2ltEIYe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
  2. (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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (confinement to bed in order to recover): Bettruhe [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-bedrest-en-noun-1RqTTbJG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'confinement to bed in order to recover': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bed rest Related terms: in .

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