"housebound" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From house + bound.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "text": "Returning to the sculptor described earlier, we know why that young woman suffered. She was housebound and bedbound, her face was changed by steroids, she was masculinized by her treatment, one breast was scarred, and she had almost no hair.",
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        "Restricted to one's home, as by physical infirmity."
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          "word": "shut-in"
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  "word": "housebound"
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  "etymology_text": "From house + bound.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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