n :  an invalid confined to home, a room, or bed
, adj 1  :  confined to one's home or an institution by illness or incapacity  2  :  tending to avoid social contact  :  WITHDRAWN <diagnostic and prognostic significance of the personality type -S. K. Weinberg>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  chi·tin 
 
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