See Also: decubitus ulcer(medicine)
Decubitus ulcer(health)
acute decubitus ulcer(medicine)
decubitus(dictionary)
Decubitus(health)
decubitus(medicine)
ventral decubitus(medicine)
angina decubitus(medicine)
decubitus radiograph(medicine)
decubitus film(medicine)

vitalism (iou) and decubitus ulcer (medicine)


vitalism (iou)



vitalism noun. E19.
[French vitalisme, or from VITAL adjective + -ISM.]
Biology. The doctrine or theory that the origin and phenomena of life are due to or produced by a vital principle, as distinct from a purely chemical or physical force.
vitalist noun & adjective (a) noun an advocate of or believer in vitalism; (b) adjective = VITALISTIC: M19.

decubitus ulcer (medicine)


decubitus ulcer
<dermatology> A chronic ulcer that appears in pressure areas in debilitated patients confined to bed or otherwise immobilised, due to a circulatory defect from the enhanced tissue pressure in high-contact areas, often occurring over a bony prominence (for example sacral decubitus).