NOMBRE | state | úlcera por presión, escara, úlcera de decúbito | a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients) |
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Sentido | A chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients). | |
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Sinónimos | escara, úlcera de decúbito | |
General | llaga, ulceración, úlcera | A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue |
Inglés | bedsore, pressure sore, decubitus ulcer | |
Catalán | escara |
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