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Recumbency vs Decumbency - What's the difference?

recumbency | decumbency |

As nouns the difference between recumbency and decumbency

is that recumbency is recumbence while decumbency is decumbence.

recumbency

English

Noun

(-)
  • (archaic) recumbence
    • (Webster 1913)

    decumbency

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • decumbence
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
    • The ancient manner of decumbency .

    References

    *Chambers's Etymological Dictionary , 1896, p. 114