Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun decubitus_ulcer

1 sense of decubitus ulcer

Sense 1
bedsore, pressure sore, decubitus ulcer -- (a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients))
       => ulcer, ulceration -- (a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue)