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Meanings of supine in English

Offering no resistance.

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Lying face upward.

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Usage of supine in English
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There was good to excellent agreement between supine and upright IVC measurements.
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An increased volume of bowel was also noted in the supine position.
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The recordings were undertaken with the patients in the supine position only.
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PMID: 2706643 Simultaneously, supine arterial pressure was measured with a cuff manometer.
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Pelvic perforation and failed access were comparable between supine and prone position.
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We would not lie supine under the assault of the blundering bully.
The Subterranean Brotherhood
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And then, for the first time, she became supine in his arms.
A Splendid Hazard
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Richard shrugged, as well as he could shrug from a supine position.
Neverwhere
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The officers cringed back under his glance, but stood supine and inactive.
The Lighted Match
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He began to sink slowly back into the blankets, supine and inert.
Nicanor - Teller of Tales : A Story of Roman Britain
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Erect or supine, these colossal statues were strewn all over the island.
Greener Than You Think
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Ronald fruitlessly strove to rouse him from this state of supine despondency.
Fairy Fingers / A Novel
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The corpse lay supine with feet together, arms tucked to its sides.
Bones Never Lie
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But generally they lay supine, saturated with light and its cleansing power.
Robert Falconer
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Languid and spiritless, they lay supine, or crawled listlessly and aimlessly about.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 / A Maga...
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Violence slays its thousands, but supine negligence slays its tens of thousands.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Second Kings Chapters VIII to En...
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United States of America
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