bedfast

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The enemy that made General Douglas MacArthur a bedfast hospital casualty last week is as common as it is mysterious.

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After having been obliged to give up his dental practice, Blaiberg was bedfast.

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First, a cumbersome external device that will keep the patient bedfast.

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The scientists, who have been going aboard each morning since the test started on Jan. 19, took blood samples from the bedfast half of the crew.

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He has been bedfast for a long time.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration