recumbency
Example Sentences
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Some writers state that it may be produced by confining an animal in recumbency, with the casting harness.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
Give me, in robe or jacket, a hookah, or German arrangement, Chinese recumbency in matted and moistened veranda, and the odors of fresh growing beds of flowers wafted by the southern breeze.
From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by E. R. Billings
Even then, although improved in color, flesh, and blood condition, she had to attain an erect station almost as slowly as she had had to reach recumbency.
From Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria by John K. Mitchell
He suffered himself to be pushed into recumbency on the couch, and put his head with docility on the pillow she brought from the spare room.
From The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic
The standing position is not often maintained, the patient seeking relief in recumbency.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
