decúbito

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See also: decubito

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈku.bi.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈku.bi.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈku.bi.tu/

Hyphenation: de‧cú‧bi‧to

Noun

decúbito m (plural decúbitos)

decubitus (the position assumed when lying down)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin dēcubitus (“lying down”).

Noun

decúbito m (plural decúbitos)

position (of the body when lying down)
decúbito prono ― prone position

decúbito supino ― supine position

Derived terms

decúbito lateral

Further reading

“decúbito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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