Usually means: Lying down, especially in illness.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word recumbency:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. recumbency: Merriam-Webster
  2. recumbency: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. recumbency: Collins English Dictionary
  4. recumbency: Wordnik
  5. recumbency: Wiktionary
  6. recumbency: Dictionary.com
  7. Recumbency: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. recumbency: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Recumbency: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. recumbency: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. recumbency: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Recumbency: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. recumbency: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. recumbency: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. recumbency: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (recumbency)

▸ noun:  (archaic) recumbence

Similar:
recumbancy, recubation, decumbency, recrudency, decumbiture, discumbency, reposal, recess, reposure, repedation, more...

Opposite:
upright, standing, vertical

Types:
supine, prone, lateral, more...

Phrases:
lateral recumbency, dorsal recumbency, sternal recumbency, ventral recumbency, parturient recumbency, more...

Adjectives:
lateral, dorsal, sternal, prolonged, right, left, ventral, absolute, overnight, complete, supine

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Similar:
recumbancy, recubation, decumbency, recrudency, decumbiture, discumbency, reposal, recess, reposure, repedation, more...

Opposite:
upright, standing, vertical

Types:
supine, prone, lateral, more...

Phrases:
lateral recumbency, dorsal recumbency, sternal recumbency, ventral recumbency, parturient recumbency, persistent recumbency, recumbency cramps, transit recumbency transit tetany, more...

Adjectives:
lateral, dorsal, sternal, prolonged, right, left, ventral, absolute, overnight, complete, supine



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