decubitus

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decubitus

/dɪˈkjuː.bɪt.əs/

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Borrowed from New Latin dēcubitus (“lying down”).

noun decubitus

The posture of someone in bed, lying down or reclining. The initial recesses of the pleural cavity filled with blood effusion are declivitous; they can vary according to the decubitus, whereas, with the progressive filling of the pleural cavity, blood is invariably collected in the lateral pleural spaces over the apex of the lung (apical cap): they are v
abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of decubitus ulcer

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noun posture

Español	decúbito
Português	decúbito
Français	décubitus

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@misc{decubitus_2026,
  title = {decubitus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/decubitus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}