supine

/sju:'pain/
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supine

A patient lies supine on the examination table.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Lying face upward: Describes a physical position where a person's back is against a supporting surface and their front (face, chest, abdomen) is facing upward.
    • Offering no resistance; passive or inactive: Describes a metaphorical attitude of lethargy, indolence, or a failure to act or resist due to apathy or weakness.
Examples of Usage

  • Adjective (Physical Position):

    • He lay supine on the grass, staring at the clouds.
    • The patient was placed in a supine position for the examination.

  • Adjective (Metaphorical Attitude):

    • The government's supine acceptance of the demands angered the public.
    • She criticized the committee for its supine failure to address the corruption.
Advanced Usage
  • In a supine manner: Acting with passivity or lethargy.
    • The administration reacted supinely to the crisis.
Variants and Related Words
  • Pronation/Supination (Nouns): Technical terms in anatomy. is the rotation of the forearm and hand so that the palm faces forward or upward; the opposite of .
  • Supinely (Adverb): In a supine manner.
    • He accepted the verdict supinely.
Synonyms
  • Prone (Note: Antonym for physical position): Lying face downward.
  • Passive: Accepting or allowing what happens without active response.
  • Inert: Lacking the ability or strength to move.
  • Resistless: Powerless to resist; unresisting.
Related Phrases
  • Supine position: A standard term in medicine and anatomy for lying face up.
  • Moral supineness: A phrase describing a lack of moral vigor or active principle.
Notes on Different Meanings
  • Grammar (Historical/Linguistics): In some grammatical descriptions, particularly of Latin, "supine" is a noun referring to a verbal form. This usage is highly specialized and not common in general English.
    • Example (Specialized Context): In Latin, the supine is a verbal noun of the fourth declension.
supine

A patient lies supine on the examination table.

Adjective
  1. offering no resistance
    • resistless hostages
    • No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried- Theodore Roosevelt
  2. lying face upward

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