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bed rest

noun

: confinement of a sick person to bed

Examples of bed rest in a Sentence

The doctor prescribed bed rest for a month.
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The formative days of cardiac medicine Cheney suffered his first of five heart attacks at age 37, in 1978, when the standard of care mainly involved pain relief and bed rest, and when medical professionals did not yet have a clear understanding of what causes heart attacks in the first place. William Cornwell, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025 Just 25 minutes of walking each day instead of bed rest can help older people avoid getting weaker. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2025 At 16 weeks, she was put on bed rest and ended up being hospitalized at 22 weeks. Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025 Sunny hurt her back again in 2024, requiring bed rest and medication for a week. Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bed rest

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bed rest was in 1902

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“Bed rest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bed%20rest. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.

Medical Definition

bed rest

noun
: confinement of a sick person to bed
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