Timeline for Can we say "bed of disease"
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| Sep 19, 2017 at 7:58 | comment | added | Zach Lipton | I've always thought you could be bedridden temporarily. If you just say "Susan is bedridden," that might imply a permanent or semi-permanent condition, but it would be fine to say "Joe has the flu and is bedridden for a few days." You could also just say "sick in bed" of course. | |
| Sep 19, 2017 at 2:16 | comment | added | Conor | "Bedridden" implies a permanent or semi-permanent condition. "bed bound", as it were, I think that "sickbed" is probably a better equivalent. OP implied that the it was a transient condition. | |
| Sep 17, 2017 at 15:07 | history | answered | user61774 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |