supine position

collocation in English

meaningsofsupineandposition

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supine
adjective
uk
/ˈsuː.paɪn/us
/ˈsuː.paɪn/
formal
(lying) flat on your back, ...
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position
noun
uk
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofsupineandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsupine position

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For example, many individuals die while in asupineposition.
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With the animal in thesupineposition, a median sternotomy was performed.
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The stress test was performed using a bicycle in thesupineposition.
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This is far from ideal since most patients have to be scanned in thesupinepositionwith their arms up.
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The patients were treated in thesupinepositionwith 3-4 beams of mostly mixed photons and electrons.
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Details of the technique used, other than thesupineposition, were not specified in the trial protocol.
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The rate of controlled respiration in all subjects was determined by averaging free respiration rate for one minute while in asupineposition.
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Overall, the majority (66%) of the 132 men either only used (64 %) or favoured strongly (23 %) the male superior/femalesupinepositionfor intercourse.
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Tablets should not be swallowed in the semi-supine orsupineposition, and/or sufficient fluid should be taken with large tablets.
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The murmur is usually louder in thesupinepositionand may only be audible in thesupineposition.
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The patient is then moved into thesupineposition, allowing the head to extend just beyond the end of the examining table, with the right ear downward.
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In conclusion, syncope in children is accompanied by a significant and precocious impairment of cerebral oxygen delivery that resolves with a return to thesupineposition.
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Thatsupinepositionis unworthy of any politician or party in this country.
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Bilateral flap harvest is possible with patient insupineposition.
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Upper torso is insupinepositionwith unaffected leg raised.
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This is a difficult enough argument to make standing up without having to deal with questions from asupineposition.
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Labouring in thesupinepositiondoes not improve uterine activity or efficiency compared to the lateral position, though contractions are more intense (but less frequent) in the lateral position.
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There are three studies23"25 that find the prone position reduces the rectal dose compared to thesupineposition, with two of these24-25 also finding reduced bladder doses.
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A "flexible" bronchoscope is inserted with the patient in a sitting orsupineposition.
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It is opposed to thesupinepositionwhich is face up.
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Here the patient remains in asupinepositionthroughout the transfer process.
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Another cause of cough occurring preferentially insupinepositionis recurrent aspiration.
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Sleeping in thesupinepositionhas been found an especially prominent instigator of sleep paralysis.
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The bodies were lying in an extendedsupineposition, covered by burnt spruce logs and branches.
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People should be made comfortable and placed in thesupineposition(horizontal), or the recovery position if vomiting occurs.
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