bedfast

• Terme désuet signifiant alité en permanence, généralement à cause d'une maladie ou de la vieillesse.

An old-fashioned term meaning confined to bed, typically due to illness or old age.

1. Confined to bedC1formalmedical

   Unable to leave one's bed due to illness, injury, or weakness.

   alité

   • After the surgery, he was bedfast for several weeks.
   • The elderly patient remained bedfast due to a severe infection.
   • She became bedfast after the accident and required full-time care.

   Synonymesbedridbedridden

   Antonymesambulantambulatory