When someone is bedridden, they are confined to a bed or wheelchair because they are too ill to walk. This can often mean that they are unable to do anything else except be sick.
He is bedridden because of a serious illness.
She is bedridden because she broke her leg.
adjective
confined to bed (by illness)
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In the following segment the audience sees Hans sick and bedridden.
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By the time he was 16, Ray became very ill and was bedridden.
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He fell ill with dysentery and was bedridden by the end of May 1944.
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When the story starts, the emperor Sundara Chola is ill and bedridden.
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In May 1649, Pembroke fell ill and spent the rest of 1649 bedridden.
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The labor renders him ill, however, and he is soon permanently bedridden.
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At the age of three, Beard was bedridden with malaria.
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Individuals can become mute or bedridden.
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He is soon bedridden and in constant pain.
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She is still bedridden from the shock of this occurrence.