See Also: Decubitus ulcer(health)
decubitus ulcer(medicine)
acute decubitus ulcer(medicine)
decubitus(medicine)
Decubitus(health)
decubitus(dictionary)
Andral's decubitus(medicine)
decubitus film(medicine)
angina decubitus(medicine)
ventral decubitus(medicine)

Decubitus ulcer (health)


A bed sore, a skin ulcer that comes from lying in one position too long so that the circulation in the skin is compromised by the pressure, particularly over a bony prominence such as the sacrum (sacral decubitus).