recumbent

[ ri-kuhm-buhnt ]
/ rɪˈkʌm bənt /
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adjective

lying down; reclining; leaning.
inactive; idle.
Zoology, Botany. noting a part that leans or reposes upon its surface of origin.

noun

a recumbent person, animal, plant, etc.

Origin of recumbent

1765–75; < Latin recumbent- (stem of recumbēns), present participle of recumbere to lie back, equivalent to re- re- + cumb-, akin to cubāre to lie down + -ent- -ent

OTHER WORDS FROM recumbent

re·cum·ben·cy, re·cum·bence, noun re·cum·bent·ly, adverb un·re·cum·bent, adjective un·re·cum·bent·ly, adverb

Words nearby recumbent

rectovesical pouch, rectovesical septum, rectrix, rectum, rectus, recumbent, recumbent bicycle, recuperate, recuperative, recuperative furnace, recuperator

Words related to recumbency

decubitus, reclination

Example sentences from the Web for recumbency

  • The standing position is not often maintained, the patient seeking relief in recumbency.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse |United States Department of Agriculture

  • Some writers state that it may be produced by confining an animal in recumbency, with the casting harness.

    Lameness of the Horse |John Victor Lacroix

British Dictionary definitions for recumbency

recumbent
/ (rɪˈkʌmbənt) /

adjective

lying down; reclining
(of a part or organ) leaning or resting against another organ or the ground a recumbent stem
(of a fold in a rock formation) in which the axial plane is nearly horizontal

Derived forms of recumbent

recumbence or recumbency, noun recumbently, adverb

Word Origin for recumbent

C17: from Latin recumbere to lie back, from re- + cumbere to lie

Medical definitions for recumbency

recumbent
[ rĭ-kŭm′bənt ]

adj.

Lying down, especially in a position of comfort; reclining.

Other words from recumbent

re•cum′bence null n.