recumbency

Variant of recumbent

adjective

    1. lying down; reclining; leaning
    2. resting; idle
  1. Biol. designating a part that leans or lies upon some other part or surface

Origin: L recumbens, prp. of recumbere < re-, back + -cumbere; akin to cubare, to lie down: see cube

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