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Decubitus Ulcer

 
Decubitus ulcer: 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, for example, the sacrum (sacral decubitus).

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