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Noun: decumbiture
  1. (astrology) the position of celestial bodies at the time someone takes to their sickbed, used for prognosis
    "Astrologers once used decumbiture to predict a patient's chances of recovery"
     
  2. The state of being confined to bed due to illness
    "His prolonged decumbiture worried his family"

Derived forms: decumbitures