Meaning of decumbiture | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The fact of lying down, specifically of a person due to illness.
   obsolete
2. The time one takes to one's bed during an illness, as used for astrological prognostications; or a chart drawn up to express this.
   historical

Examples

“It happened during my tedious and melancholy decumbiture...”

“By casting a figure⟳ for the decumbiture, or moment when the patient felt ill, and by resolving a question⟳ on the sight of his urine, the astrological doctor claimed to be able to diagnose the disease, prescribe the treatment, foretell⟳ when the sickness would reach⟳ its crisis, and prognosticate its eventual outcome.”

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