noun, plural de·cub·i·tus. Medicine/Medical.
- any position assumed by a patient when lying in bed.
noun
- med the posture adopted when lying down
1866, Modern Latin, from Latin decumbere “to lie down,” from de- (see de-) + cumbere (see succumb).
adj.
- Of or relating to a bedsore.
n.
- The position of a patient in bed.
- A bedsore.