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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. confined to bed (by illness);
[syn: bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, sick-abed]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bedrid \Bed"rid`\, Bedridden \Bed"rid`den\, a. [OE. bedrede, AS. bedreda, bedrida; from bed, bedd, a bed or couch + ridda a rider; cf. OHG. pettiriso, G. bettrise. See Bed, n., and Ride, v. i. ] Confined to the bed by sickness or infirmity. "Her decrepit, sick, and bedrid father." --Shak. "The estate of a bedridden old gentleman." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Bedright
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bedridden adj 1: confined to bed (by illness) [syn: bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, sick-abed]