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recumbency
noun
formaluk /rɪˈkʌm.bən.si/ us /rɪˈkʌm.bən.si/(alsorecumbence, uk /rɪˈkʌm.bəns/)
the position of lying down or leaning back so you are almost lying down, or time spent in this position:
The chest pain is aggravated by coughing or recumbency.
Due to the patient’s prolonged recumbency, there is an increased risk of thrombosis.
Symptoms that are provoked on standing are relieved by recumbence.
Episodes are more likely to occur at night, following the prolonged recumbency of sleep.
Duration of lateral recumbency was significantly longer for this treatment.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Reclining
crowd-surfing
fallen
fetal position
foetal position
full-length
lay
lean
lounge around (something)
prone
prone positioning
proning
prostrate
prostration
sink
sink into something
sit back
sprawl
sprawled
stretch
stretch (yourself) out
Related word
recumbent
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