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decumbiture
UK /dɪˈkʌmbɪtjʊə/ US /dɪˈkʌmbɪt͡ʃɚ/
noun 2
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3ADJ.
tedious
VERB + DECUMBITURE
figure
DECUMBITURE + NOUN
moment
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noun
1
The fact of lying down, specifically of a person due to illness.
It happened during my tedious and melancholy decumbiture...
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.
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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It happened during my tedious and melancholy decumbiture...
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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,
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