decúbito
See also: decubito
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: de‧cú‧bi‧to
Noun edit
decúbito m (plural decúbitos)
- decubitus (the position assumed when lying down)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin dēcubitus (“lying down”).
Noun edit
decúbito m (plural decúbitos)
- position (of the body when lying down)
- decúbito prono ― prone position
- decúbito supino ― supine position
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “decúbito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014