decumbiture
UK/dɪˈkʌmbɪtjʊə/US/dɪˈkʌmbɪt͡ʃɚ/
decumbiture noun: the fact of lying down, specifically of a person due to illness.
Noun
decumbiture (plural decumbitures)
- The fact of lying down, specifically of a person due to illness.
- It happened during my tedious and melancholy decumbiture...1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 34
- The time one takes to one's bed during an illness, as used for astrological prognostications; or a chart drawn up to express this.
- By casting a figure for the decumbiture, or moment when the patient felt ill, and by resolving a question on the sight of his urine, the astrological doctor claimed to be able to diagnose the disease, prescribe the treatment, foretell when the sickness would reach its crisis, and prognosticate its...1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 277
Forms of decumbiture
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Origin of decumbiture
From Latin dēcumbo (“lie or fall down”).
Questions about decumbiture
- What does decumbiture mean?
- Decumbiture means the fact of lying down, specifically of a person due to illness.
- What part of speech is decumbiture?
- Decumbiture is a noun.
- How do you pronounce decumbiture?
- Decumbiture is pronounced /dɪˈkʌmbɪtjʊə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of decumbiture?
- The plural of decumbiture is decumbitures.
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