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adjective
1.
lying down; reclining; leaning.
2.
inactive; idle.
3.
Zoology, Botany. noting a part that leans or reposes upon its surface of origin.
noun
4.
a recumbent person, animal, plant, etc.
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Origin:
1765–75; < 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
1765–75; < 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
Related forms
re·cum·ben·cy, re·cum·bence, noun
re·cum·bent·ly, adverb
un·re·cum·bent, adjective
un·re·cum·bent·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. prone, supine; prostrate; inclined.
1. prone, supine; prostrate; inclined.
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Word Origin & History
recumbent
1642 (implied in recumbency), from L. recumbentem (nom. recumbens), prp. of recumbere "to recline," from re- "back" + -cumbere "to lie down," related to cubare "be lying" (see cubicle). A verb, recumb, has been attempted in Eng. occasionally since 1677.
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Medical Dictionary
recumbent re·cum·bent (rĭ-kŭm'bənt)
adj.
Lying down, especially in a position of comfort; reclining.
re·cum'bence or re·cum'ben·cy n.
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