recumbent
adjective
lying down; reclining; leaning.
recumbency
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a word derived from
recumbent.
Example Sentences
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The standing position is not often maintained, the patient seeking relief in recumbency.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
Some writers state that it may be produced by confining an animal in recumbency, with the casting harness.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
I could not help comparing the annoyance of this involuntary dance with the after-guard, this croissez with clattering buckets, and dos à dosing with wet swabs, with my comfortable and commanding recumbency upon the cross-trees.
From Rattlin the Reefer by Frederick Marryat
As to enforced recumbency I doubt the propriety of insisting on it in the majority of cases, for I think the patient usually assumes whatever position gives most comfort.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
He suffered himself to be pushed into recumbency on the couch, and put his head with docility on the pillow she brought from the spare room.
From The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic
