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Definitions for Recumbency
[1] lying down; reclining; leaning.
[2] inactive; idle.
[3] Zoology , Botany . noting a part that leans or reposes upon its surface of origin.
[4] a recumbent person, animal, plant, etc.
[5] lying down; reclining
[6] (of a part or organ) leaning or resting against another organ or the ground a recumbent stem
[7] (of a fold in a rock formation) in which the axial plane is nearly horizontal
Words related to Recumbency
recumbentdecubitus, reclination
Words nearby Recumbency
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Origin of Recumbency
t1765–75; < 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 Recumbency
re·cum·ben·cy , re·cum·bence , noun
re·cum·bent·ly , adverb
un·re·cum·bent , adjective
un·re·cum·bent·ly , adverb
re•cum′ bence null n.
Word origin for Recumbency
tC17: from Latin recumbere to lie back, from re- + cumbere to lie