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Definition: Bedsore |
BedsoreNoun1. A chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: BedsoreSynonyms: decubitus ulcer (n), pressure sore (n). (additional references) |
| "Bedsore" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bedsore" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bedsore | 27 |
bedsore treatment | 8 |
bedsore solution | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "bedsore"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | plagë nga të ndënjurit e gjatë në shtrat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قرحة من كثرة النوم, قرحة الفراش. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | рана от пролежаване. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | proleženina, proleželý. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | liggesaar (decubitus ulcer), decubitus (decubitus, decubitus ulcer), decubitalsaar (decubitus ulcer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gangraena per decubitum (decubitus ulcer), doorliggen (decubitus ulcer), decubitus ulcus (decubitus ulcer), decubitus (decubitus, decubitus ulcer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | زخمی که بعلت خوابیدن زیادبوجوداید. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | makuuhaava, makuu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | escarre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Dekubitus (decubitus, decubitus ulcer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατάκλιση (confinement to bed, rest in bed), έλκος κατάκλισης, εξέλκωση εκ κατακλίσεως, εξέλκωση από κατάκλιση (decubitus ulcer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משכוב (decubitus), פחסת (decubitus), פצע לחץ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ulcera da pressione (decubitus ulcer), ulcera da decubito (decubitus ulcer), piaga da decubito, decubito (decubitus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 褥瘡 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じょくそう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | screb lhiabbagh, ching lhiabbagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edsorebay escara (decubitus ulcer, escheat), decúbito, úlcera de decúbito (decubitus ulcer). (various references) пролежень. (various references) rana od dugog ležanja, dekubitus. (various references) ulcera por decúbito (decubitus ulcer), escara (caustic burn, decubitus ulcer, eschar, escharotic burn, third-degree burn), úlcera (helcosis, sore, ulcer). (various references) liggsår. (various references) yatak yarası. (various references) пролежень. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bedsore": bedsores. (additional references) | |
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"Bedsore" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Beddoe, Bedlowe, Bednorg, bedsers, bedsoar, bedtor, Besor, Budsuren. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: sobered. | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-o-r-s" | |
-1 letter: bredes, breeds, desorb, erodes, redoes, sorbed. | |
-2 letters: beers, bodes, bored, bores, brede, breed, brees, brose, deers, doers, doser, drees, erode, erose, obese, orbed, redes, redos, reeds, resod, robed, robes, rosed, seder, sered, sober. | |
-3 letters: beds, beer, bees, bode, bods, bore, bred, bree, bros, debs, deer, dees, dere, doer, does, dore, dors, dose, dree, eros, obes, odes, orbs, ores, rebs, rede, redo, reds, reed, rees, robe, robs, rode, rods, roes, rose, seed, seer, sere, sorb, sord, sore. | |
-4 letters: bed, bee, bod, bos, bro, deb, dee, doe, dor, dos, eds, ere, ers, obe, ode, ods, oes, orb, ore, ors, ose, reb, red, ree, res, rob, rod, roe, see, ser, sob, sod. | |
-5 letters: be, bo, de, do, ed, er, es, od, oe, or, os, re, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-e-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: bedsores, bestrode, deboners, desorbed, observed, rebodies, redbones, resorbed. | |
+2 letters: bedcovers, beholders, bescoured, bestrowed, bolstered, borderers, disobeyer, embodiers, emborders, forebodes, homebreds, leeboards, lobstered, outbreeds, rebeldoms, redoubles, slobbered, soberized. | |
+3 letters: banderoles, bandoleers, beechdrops, bescorched, beshrouded, betrotheds, bobsledder, bowdlerise, breadboxes, broadsheet, broideries, burdensome, crossbreed, disobeyers, dogberries, embroiders, endorsable, flowerbeds, foreboders, forebodies, freeboards, garderobes, reabsorbed, rebounders, reembodies, reobserved, sobersided, sobersides, unobserved. | |
+4 letters: biodegrades, bobsledders, borderlines, bowdlerised, bowdlerises, bowdlerizes, broadnesses, broadsheets, cerebroside, chemisorbed, crossbreeds, deoxyribose, hornblendes, keyboarders, nonbreeders, overbidders, overbrowsed, overburdens, probenecids, rekeyboards, rhabdomeres, tinderboxes, underbodies, underbosses. | |
+5 letters: adorableness, beardtongues, beaverboards, bedcoverings, bowdlerizers, broodinesses, centerboards, cerebrosides, cloudberries, considerable, debonairness, decarbonates, decarbonizes, demonstrable, deoxyriboses, discoverable, embarcaderos, embroiderers, embroideries, leaderboards, morbidnesses, nonbreedings, obdurateness, outbreedings, reembroiders, rhabdocoeles, skateboarder, stockbreeder, teeterboards, tenebrionids. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 64 73 6F 72 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . -.. ... --- .-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01100100 01110011 01101111 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e d s o r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 0064 0073 006F 0072 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36717085818471 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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