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- noun a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Medieval Latin dēcubitus, lying down, being bedridden, from past participle of Latin dēcumbere, to lie down; see decumbent.]
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