bedridden

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bedridden - 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

bedridden - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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