decumbiture

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /dɪˈkʌmbɪtjʊə/|/dɪˈkʌmbɪtʃə/    美 /dɪˈkʌmbɪt͡ʃɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The fact of lying down, specifically of a person due to illness. obsolete
    — It happened during my tedious and melancholy decumbiture...
  2. The time one takes to one's bed during an illness, as used for astrological prognostications; or a chart drawn up to express this. historical
    — By casting a figure for the decumbiture, or moment when the patient felt ill, and by resolving a question on the sight of his urine, the astrological doctor claimed to be able to diagnose the disease, prescribe the treatment, foretell when the sickness would reach its crisis, and prognosticate its eventual outcome.

词形变化

decumbitures plural

词源

From Latin dēcumbo (“lie or fall down”).
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