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decumbiture ? Obs.|dɪˈkʌmbɪtjʊə(r)|
[An irregular formation from L. dēcumbĕre; the etymological form being decubiture: see decubitus.]
1. Lying down; spec. as an invalid in bed.
1670Maynwaring Vita Sana viii. 94 As for the manner of decumbiture, the body must lie easie. 1681Wharton Crises Dis. Wks. (1683) 115 The time when the Sick-party takes his Bed, is the beginning of his Decumbiture. 1741Ettrick in Phil. Trans. XLI. 565 The Band..is to be kept on, the whole Time of Decumbiture.
2. The act or time of taking to one's bed in an illness.
b. Astrol. A figure erected for the time at which this happens, and affording prognostics of recovery or death.
1647Lilly Chr. Astrol. xliv. 255 At the hour of Birth, at time of Decumbiture of the sick. 1671Blagrave Astrol. Physic 23 The Moon being returned unto the place she was in at the decumbiture. a1700Dryden (J.), The planetary hour must first be known, And lucky moment: if her eye but akes, Or itches, its decumbiture she takes. 1707J. Frazer Disc. Second Sight 4 The boy died..the eleventh night from his decumbiture. 1819J. Wilson Dict. Astrol., Decumbiture, a horary question or figure, erected for a sick person. It should be made to the time when the patient first perceives his disease. |