Definition of bed rest
: confinement of a sick person to bed
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Examples of bed rest in a Sentence
The doctor prescribed bed rest for a month.
Recent Examples of bed rest from the Web
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At the time, Mr. Levitt, now 41, had recently sold his tech company and was taking care of his wife, who was on bed rest with a difficult pregnancy, and their toddler.
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After a miscarriage in 2014, Christina conceived again and was put on bed rest.
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Doctors found a large hematoma in her abdomen during surgery, and she was placed on bed rest for six weeks.
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Taking hormonal birth control pills, smoking, being pregnant, having surgery, and prolonged sitting or bed rest can also increase your risk, the Mayo Clinic says.
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For example, physicians long suspected bed rest would be the ideal way to recuperate.
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The following year, MacKenzie, herself pregnant, went into early labor and spent 5 weeks on bed rest.
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But the pharmacy was out of Tamiflu, the antiviral medication the doctor prescribed, so Christopher rode out the bug with lots of fluids and bed rest.
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Dear Carolyn: My sister is 25 weeks pregnant and was just put on bed rest.
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First Known Use of bed rest
1902
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