| 释义 | recumbency noun
 formaluk /rɪˈkʌm.bən.si/ us /rɪˈkʌm.bən.si/(alsorecumbence, uk /rɪˈkʌm.bəns/)
 the position of lying down or leaning back so you are almost lying down, or time spent in this position:
 The chest pain is aggravated by coughing or recumbency.
 Due to the patient’s prolonged recumbency, there is an increased risk of thrombosis.
 Symptoms that are provoked on standing are relieved by recumbence.
 Episodes are more likely to occur at night, following the prolonged recumbency of sleep.
 Duration of lateral recumbency was significantly longer for this treatment.
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Reclining
 crowd-surfing
 fallen
 fetal position
 foetal position
 full-length
 lay
 lean
 lounge around (something)
 prone
 prone positioning
 proning
 prostrate
 prostration
 sink
 sink into something
 sit back
 sprawl
 sprawled
 stretch
 stretch (yourself) out
 
 Related word
 recumbent
 |