bedrest
nounEtymology From Middle English bædræste, from Old English bedrest, beddrest, equivalent to bed + rest.
1
A device used to support a person sitting up in bed.
2
Medicine, Sciences Confinement to bed, often under instructions of a physician, in order to recover from an injury, an illness, or the frailty associated with other physical discomforts such as a difficult pregnancy.
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