bedrest

== English == === Alternative forms === bed rest === Etymology === From Middle English bædræste, from Old English bedrest, beddrest, equivalent to bed +‎ rest. === Noun === bedrest (countable and uncountable, plural bedrests) A device used to support a person sitting up in bed. (medicine) Confinement to bed, often under instructions of a physician, in order to recover from an injury, an illness, or the frailty associated with other physical discomforts such as a difficult pregnancy. ==== Translations ==== === See also === “bedrest”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.