decubitus ulcer

1. 1.

   a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients)

   Synonymsbedsorepressure sore

   Broaderulcer

Questions about decubitus ulcer

What does decubitus ulcer mean?

decubitus ulcer means "a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients)".

What is another word for decubitus ulcer?

Close synonyms include bedsore, pressure sore. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is decubitus ulcer a common word?

decubitus ulcer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.