bedridden

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Quadriplegic and bedridden in a prefabricated home, 36-year-old Li Xia can only move one finger and one toe -- yet he runs a high-tech farm in southwestern China using sensors, cameras and a computer.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

This insight opens the possibility of developing medications that replicate the benefits of exercise, offering new hope for older adults, bedridden patients, and individuals with chronic illnesses who face a higher risk of fractures.

From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026

Over the next few days both pilots were bedridden, vomiting, with diarrhea, and tremors in their hands and legs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

I spent a lot of months bedridden, and now that I’m not, I’m very much like a rodeo bull.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

According to the scullery maid she was still bedridden; apparently her labor had been complicated.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri