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pressure ulcers

pressure ulcers is the plural of pressure ulcer.

Meaning of pressure ulcer

Noun

pressure ulcer (plural pressure ulcers)

  1. (nursing) An ulcer caused by prolonged pressure on the skin as a person lies in a bed or sits in a chair or wheelchair; preventable with sufficient nursing care.

Questions about pressure ulcers

What is pressure ulcers the plural of?
Pressure ulcers is the plural of pressure ulcer.

Words near pressure ulcers in the dictionary

  1. pressure suit
  2. pressure suits
  3. pressure switch
  4. pressure switches
  5. pressure ulcer
  6. pressure ulcers
  7. pressure valve
  8. pressure valves
  9. pressure vessel
  10. pressure vessels
  11. pressure volume diagram

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