Usually means: Confined to bed by illness.
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  1. bedbound: Wordnik
  2. bedbound: Wiktionary
  3. bedbound: Dictionary.com

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  1. bedbound: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bedbound)

▸ adjective:  Unable to leave one's bed for some reason.

Similar:
bedfast, bedridden, bed-fast, housebound, chairbound, laid up, homebound, couchbound, chairfast, shut-in, more...

Opposite:
ambulatory, mobile, active

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Similar:
bedfast, bedridden, bed-fast, housebound, chairbound, laid up, homebound, couchbound, chairfast, shut-in, more...

Opposite:
ambulatory, mobile, active



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