Examples of recumbency in a Sentence
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Is recumbency necessary to facilitate analytic revelry.
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Ben Lerner, The New York Review of Books, 23 July 2020
Ben Lerner, The New York Review of Books, 23 July 2020
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First Known Use
1646, in the meaning defined above
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“Recumbency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recumbency. Accessed 2 Dec. 2023.
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Medical Definition
recumbency
noun
re·cum·ben·cy
ri-ˈkəm-bən-sē 
plural recumbencies
: the state of leaning, resting, or reclining
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