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re⋅cum⋅bent

  [ri-kuhm-buhnt]
–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; < L recumbent- (s. of recumbēns), prp. of recumbere to lie back, equiv. 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

Synonyms:
1. prone, supine; prostrate; inclined.
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re·cum·bent   (rĭ-kŭm'bənt)   
adj.  

  1. Lying down, especially in a position of comfort or rest; reclining.

  2. Resting; idle.

  3. Biology Resting on the surface from which it arises. Used of an organ or other structure.


[Latin recumbēns, recumbent-, present participle of recumbere, to lie down : re-, re- + cumbere, to lie.]
re·cum'bence, re·cum'ben·cy n., re·cum'bent·ly adv.
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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

Main Entry: re·cum·bent
Pronunciation: -b&nt
Function: adjective
: lying down recumbent on a stretcher>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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