pressure sore
Medicine
noun
A sore or ulcer of the skin and soft tissue, usually over a bony prominence, occurring in an immobile patient as a result of continuous pressure of the body against a bed or other object; a bedsore, a decubitus ulcer.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Albert Buck (1842–1922).
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