noun
Rare literary term for a sickbed; the common modern word is 病床 (びょうしょう).
See also: 病床
病蓐に伏す日々が続いた。
Days of lying on a sickbed continued.
The standard modern word for 'sickbed'; 病蓐 is a rare literary synonym.
Compound of 病 (illness) and 蓐/褥 (straw mat, bedding). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'sickbed'.