Usually means: Lying down, especially when sick.
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  1. decumbency: Merriam-Webster
  2. decumbency: Collins English Dictionary
  3. decumbency: Wiktionary
  4. decumbency: Dictionary.com
  5. Decumbency: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. Decumbency: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. decumbency: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. decumbency: FreeDictionary.org
  9. decumbency: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  decumbence

Similar:
recumbency, decumbiture, recumbancy, decrepity, decadency, recubation, discumbency, abatude, caducity, depopulacy, more...

Opposite:
upright, standing, erect

Types:
recumbency, supine, prone, more...

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Similar:
recumbency, decumbiture, recumbancy, decrepity, decadency, recubation, discumbency, abatude, caducity, depopulacy, more...

Opposite:
upright, standing, erect

Types:
recumbency, supine, prone, more...



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