bedbound

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bedbound

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From bed + bound.

adjective more bedbound · most bedbound

Unable to leave one's bed (for any reason, such as illness, injury, or disability). Returning to the sculptor described earlier, we know why that young woman suffered. She was housebound and bedbound, her face was changed by steroids, she was masculinized by her treatment, one breast was scarred, and she had almost no hair.
Similar: bedridden, bedfast

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@misc{bedbound_2026,
  title = {bedbound},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bedbound},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}