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Law/Patents / Autopsy, police report | | Spanish term or phrase: cubito dorsal | | el cadaver se encontro de cubito dorsal ( the position of the body) - Does this mean laying on its back to one side? |
| | | in a supine position | Explanation:
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Sheila
decúbito m (frml) position; en decúbito prono/dorsal/lateral in a prone/supine/lateral position
Surgical position where patient's body is placed face up on the operating room table.
The patient's head can be placed on a "donut'.
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supine
SYLLABICATION: su·pine
PRONUNCIATION: s-pn, spn
ADJECTIVE: 1. Lying on the back or having the face upward. 2. Having the palm upward. Used of the hand. 3. Marked by or showing lethargy, passivity, or blameworthy indifference. See synonyms at inactive. 4. Inclined; sloping.
NOUN: Grammar A defective Latin verbal noun of the fourth declension, having very limited syntax and only two cases, an accusative in -tum or -sum and an ablative in -t or -s. The accusative form is sometimes considered to be the fourth principal part of the Latin verb.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English supin, Latin verbal noun, from Late Latin supnum (verbum), (verb) lying on its back, (verb) going back, neuter of Latin supnus. See upo in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS: su·pinely —ADVERB
su·pineness —NOUN
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4 mins confidence:   in a supine position
Explanation:
HTH
Sheila
decúbito m (frml) position; en decúbito prono/dorsal/lateral in a prone/supine/lateral position
Surgical position where patient's body is placed face up on the operating room table.
The patient's head can be placed on a "donut'.
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Note added at 2003-01-21 18:45:50 (GMT)
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supine
SYLLABICATION: su·pine
PRONUNCIATION: s-pn, spn
ADJECTIVE: 1. Lying on the back or having the face upward. 2. Having the palm upward. Used of the hand. 3. Marked by or showing lethargy, passivity, or blameworthy indifference. See synonyms at inactive. 4. Inclined; sloping.
NOUN: Grammar A defective Latin verbal noun of the fourth declension, having very limited syntax and only two cases, an accusative in -tum or -sum and an ablative in -t or -s. The accusative form is sometimes considered to be the fourth principal part of the Latin verb.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English supin, Latin verbal noun, from Late Latin supnum (verbum), (verb) lying on its back, (verb) going back, neuter of Latin supnus. See upo in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS: su·pinely —ADVERB
su·pineness —NOUN
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Reference: http://uscneurosurgery.com/glossary/s/supine%20position.htm
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8 mins confidence: Dorsal decubitus / Supine decubitus
Explanation:
That is what my medical dictionary says. Dorsal decubitus refers to supine decubitus, so I would use supine decubitus.
Regards,
Marta
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