bedridden
adjective
bed·rid·den
ˈbed-ˌri-dᵊn 
variants
or less commonly bedrid
: confined (as by illness) to bed
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Five years have passed since, and Shivani remains bedridden most of the time.
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TIME, 16 May 2024
The 45-year-old New Orleans native had been bedridden since an injury in a prison football game left him paralyzed from the neck down more than a decade earlier.
—ProPublica, 28 Mar. 2024
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TIME, 16 May 2024
The 45-year-old New Orleans native had been bedridden since an injury in a prison football game left him paralyzed from the neck down more than a decade earlier.
—ProPublica, 28 Mar. 2024
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bedridden
adjective
bed·rid·den
ˈbed-ˌrid-ᵊn
: forced to stay in bed especially by illness or weakness
Medical Definition
bedridden
adjective
bed·rid·den
ˈbed-ˌrid-ᵊn
variants
also bedrid
: confined to bed (as by illness)
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