decumbency

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English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

decumbency (uncountable)

  1. decumbence

References

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