decumbency

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkʌmbənsi/, /dɪˈkʊmbənsi/

Noun

decumbency (uncountable)

1. decumbence
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     the ancient manner of decumbency

References

• Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 114