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US
/ˈsupaɪn, səˈpaɪn/
]
[ UK /sˈuːpaɪn/ ]
[ UK /sˈuːpaɪn/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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passive as a result of indolence or indifference
No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried - lying face upward
How To Use supine In A Sentence
- Thin axial slices through the abdomen are obtained in supine and prone positions.
- With the participants in a supine position, we tested internal and external rotation, flexion, and extension of the hips.
- Supine and upright abdominal radiographs with stepladder pattern of air-fluid levels and no colonic gas are suggestive of obstruction.
- A supine man is roughly dragged off like a carcass.
- By pulling, for example, on the Brachioradialis in the cadaver the hand may be slightly supinated when in the prone position and slightly pronated when in the supine position, but there is no evidence that these actions are performed by the muscle during life. IV. Myology. 1. Mechanics of Muscle
- Most HRCT protocols use thin collimation (at intervals or continuously) from apices to costophrenic angles in the supine position with image reconstruction using an edge-enhancement algorithm.
- Below each of the two buildings lies a supine male figure, with feet at left and head at right.
- In retaliation McCarthy announced he was "breaking" with the Republican leader and accused the President publicly of "weakness and supineness" in ferreting out Communists, indeed claimed he himself had made a terrible mistake -- namely to have voted for Eisenhower in 1952! Nigel Hamilton: American Caesars
- Effects of VIAGRA on Blood Pressure: Single oral doses of sildenafil (100 mg) administered to healthy volunteers produced decreases in supine blood pressure. Write Me an Essay
- In his supine position, his gender was obvious.