decumbencen.
/dɪˈkʌmbəns/ Lying down; = decumbency n.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [noun]
lairc893
lying?c1225
reclination1556
discubation1641
discumbing1641
decumbence1646
decumbency1646
discumbency1646
recubation1646
recumbency1646
discumbiture1655
discubiture1656
discumbence1656
decubation1664
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recumbence1670
decubitus1879
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. i. 105 If..they lye not downe and enjoy no decumbence at all. View more context for this quotation
1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Decumbence, the state or attitude of lying down.
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