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• supine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. recumbent, reclining, prostrate; apathetic, sluggish, torpid; indifferent, passive. See inactivity, insensibility, horizontal.Ant., standing, upright, energetic. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lying on… …   English dictionary for students

• Supine — Su*pine , a. [L. supinus, akin to sub under, super above. Cf. {Sub }, {Super }.] 1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward; opposed to prone. [1913 Webster] 2. Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• supine hypotension syndrome — supine hypotensive syndrome partial occlusion of the inferior vena cava and the descending aorta by the uterus, especially when a woman is pregnant, resulting in hypotension when in a supine position; it is corrected by assuming a side lying… …   Medical dictionary

• supine — [adj1] lying down decumbent, flat, flat on one’s back, horizontal, level, procumbent, prone, prostrate, reclining, recumbent, stretched out; concept 583 supine [adj2] inactive do nothing*, dormant, dull, idle, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, lax …   New thesaurus

• supine — ► ADJECTIVE 1) lying face upwards. 2) failing to act as a result of laziness or lack of courage; passive. DERIVATIVES supinely adverb supineness noun. ORIGIN Latin supinus bent backwards …   English terms dictionary

• supine — [so͞o pīn′; ] also, and for n. always [, so͞o′pīn΄] adj. [L supinus, prob. akin to sub : see SUB ] 1. lying on the back, face upward 2. with the palm upward or away from the body: said of the hand 3. Old Poet. leaning or sloping backward 4.… …   English World dictionary

• supine — [[t]su͟ːpaɪn[/t]] 1) ADJ If you are supine, you are lying flat on your back. [FORMAL] ...bedridden persons confined to the supine position. ...a statue of a supine dog. ADV: ADV after v Supine is also an adverb. I lay supine on the poolside grass …   English dictionary

• Supine position — The supine position is a position of the body; lying down with the face up, as opposed to the prone position, which is face down. When used in surgical procedures, it allows access to the peritoneal, thoracic and pericardial regions; as well as… …   Wikipedia

• supine — su|pine [ˈsu:paın, ˈsju: US su:ˈpaın] adj formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: supinus] 1.) lying on your back ≠ ↑prone ▪ in a supine position 2.) allowing other people to make decisions instead of you, in a way that seems very weak ▪ a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• supine — [15] Supine means literally ‘lying on one’s back’. It comes from Latin supīnus. This was derived from a prehistoric base *sup ‘up’ which also produced Latin super ‘above, over’ (and summus, source of English sum), so the word’s etymological… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• supine — [15] Supine means literally ‘lying on one’s back’. It comes from Latin supīnus. This was derived from a prehistoric base *sup ‘up’ which also produced Latin super ‘above, over’ (and summus, source of English sum), so the word’s etymological… …   Word origins