decubitus

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Called decubitus ulcers, bedsores develop quickly when tissue dies after blood is squeezed out by body weight acting on such pressure points as the base of the spine.

From Time Magazine Archive

A wound in his sacral area, called a decubitus, began to open.

From Time Magazine Archive

If I were lying on my back, the weight of my body could create another decubitus wound, and I don't want to go through that again.

From Time Magazine Archive

In these cases the catheter should be used, rather than suffer any violation of the rule which demands a maintenance of unbroken decubitus.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The more seriously affected animals are unable to stand and, in most instances, perish because of the effects of prolonged decubitus.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor