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de•cub•i•tus
(di kyo̅o̅′bi təs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tus. [Med.]
de•cu′bi•tal, adj.
- Medicineany position assumed by a patient when lying in bed.
- Neo-Latin, equivalent. to Latin dēcubi-, variant stem of dēcumbere to lie down, take to one's bed (dē- de- + -cumbere, telic verb, verbal, with nasal infix, corresponding to cubāre to lie) + -tus suffix of verbal action
- 1865–70
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