decubitus
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from New Latin dēcubitus (“lying down”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]decubitus (plural decubitus)
- (medicine) The posture of someone in bed, lying down or reclining.
- (pathology) Ellipsis of decubitus ulcer..
Translations
[edit]posture
References
[edit]- “decubitus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dēcumbō (“to lie down”) + -tus (action noun suffix), on the pattern of words such as accubitus from accumbō (“to lay oneself down at, to recline at table”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈku.bi.tus/, [d̪eˈkuːbit̪us]
Noun
[edit]dēcubitus m (genitive dēcubitūs); fourth declension (New Latin)
Inflection
[edit]Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | dēcubitus | dēcubitūs |
Genitive | dēcubitūs | dēcubituum |
Dative | dēcubituī | dēcubitibus |
Accusative | dēcubitum | dēcubitūs |
Ablative | dēcubitū | dēcubitibus |
Vocative | dēcubitus | dēcubitūs |
Descendants
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