shut-in
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bed , adj 1 : confined to one's home or an institution by illness or incapacity 2 : tending to avoid social contact : WITHDRAWN 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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