decumbent
adjective
lying down; recumbent.
decumbency
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a word derived from
decumbent.
Example Sentences
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Symptomatology.—While in many cases of pelvic fracture lameness or abnormal decumbency are the salient manifestations, yet the pathognomic symptoms are crepitation or palpable evidence which may be obtained by rectal or vaginal examination.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
