recumbency
- noun
- /rɪˈkʌmbənsi/
- Specialized
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decúbito
- Rehabilitation specialists are challenged to design and implement patient rehabilitation programs for acute spinal cord injury that will be safe while still adequately addressing the sequelae of prolonged recumbency and bed rest.
Examples
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For instance, unloading occurs when people participate in aquatic therapy, or when spinal motion is induced in recumbency by movement of the support surface.
Academic text (1997) -
The maximum length of the recumbency period was noticed in dogs of group E, followed by D, C, and B, respectively.
Academic text (2014) -
Onset, duration of recumbency, and nature of recovery were recorded.
Academic text (2014) -
That statuesque recumbency.
Fiction book (2001) -
After a long day of hiking, she enjoyed the comfort of her bed in a state of recumbency.
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In a position of recumbency, the patient was able to rest and recover from the surgery.
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The cat lay in recumbency on the sunny windowsill, basking in the warmth.
Synonyms
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9.9
A position of lying down, usually in bed
Lying or leaning back to rest in a comfortable position
Antonyms
How Reclined
Surface Forms
Morphology
recumbency = recumbent (semi-transparent) = recumb + ency
Regular nominalization from the adjective 'recumbent' indicating the state or quality of lying down.
Etymology
Recumbency comes from Latin parts re- ('back') and cumb ('to lie'), so it literally means 'lying back'. That's why recumbency means the state of lying down or resting.