PRESSURE SORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pressure sore mean? 

• PRESSURE SORE (noun)
  The noun PRESSURE SORE has 1 sense:

1. a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients)

  Familiarity information: PRESSURE SORE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRESSURE SORE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

bedsore; decubitus ulcer; pressure sore

Hypernyms ("pressure sore" is a kind of...):

ulcer; ulceration (a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue)