Usually means: Skin damage from prolonged pressure.
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  1. pressure ulcer: Collins English Dictionary
  2. pressure-ulcer, pressure ulcer: Wiktionary
  3. Pressure ulcer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. pressure ulcer: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  4. Pressure ulcer: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  5. pressure ulcer: Medical dictionary
  6. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (pressure ulcer)

noun:  (medicine, nursing) An ulcer caused by prolonged pressure on the skin as a person lies in a bed or sits in a chair or wheelchair; preventable with sufficient nursing care.

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