DECUBITUS ULCER as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients)
   Synonym(s)
   • bedsore (what does bedsore mean?)
   • pressure sore (what does pressure sore mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) decubitus ulcer is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • ulcer (what does ulcer mean?)
   • ulceration (what does ulceration mean?)