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resupination

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re⋅su⋅pi⋅na⋅tion

  [ri-soo-puh-ney-shuhn]
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–noun
a resupinate condition.
Origin:
1615–25; < L resupīnāt(us) (see resupinate ) + -ion
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re·su·pi·nate   (rĭ-sōō'pə-nāt', -nĭt)   
adj.   Biology
Inverted or seemingly turned upside down, as the flowers of most orchids.

[Latin resupīnātus, past participle of resupīnāre, to bend back : re-, re- + supīnus, supine; see supine.]
re·su'pi·na'tion n.
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