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 Translation for 'supine' from English to Icelandic
ADJ   supine | more supine | most supine
NOUN   a supine | supines
SYNO resistless | resupine | supine | ...
útafliggjandi {adj}supine
mál.
sagnbót {kv}
supine
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Translation for 'supine' from English to Icelandic

supine
útafliggjandi {adj}

sagnbót {kv}mál.

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Usage Examples English
  • The standard abdominal X-ray protocol is usually a single anteroposterior projection in supine position.
  • In 1985 Davies reported that in Hong Kong, where the common Chinese habit was for supine infant sleep position (face up), SIDS was a rare problem.
  • The Proto-Slavic supine was used after verbs of motion, but it was replaced by the infinitive.
  •  It is highest when in an upright position and decreases as one moves from upright to supine/prone or Trendelenburg position.
  • The supine (...) form is used in Swedish to form the composite past form of a verb.

  • There are 2 verbal nouns: the "infinitive" (...), which can be long or short and the "supine" (...).
  • Lying supine can bring short-term relief. The reason that being upright is problematic is that gravity is allowing increased interaction between the brain stem and the top of the spinal column, increasing symptoms.
  • The supine is a rarely used part of the verb ending in "-tum" or (in some verbs) "-sum".
  • The cupola sign is seen on a supine chest or abdominal radiograph in the presence of pneumoperitoneum.
  • In some dialects of Lithuanian, the supine is used with verbs of motion to indicate purpose: "Moterys eina miestan duonos pirktų", which means "The women are going to the town to buy some bread".

  • The subject lying supine to give AP (anteroposterior) view of all the bowels.
  • Sleeping in the supine position has been linked to an increased occurrence of sleep paralysis.
  • In Proto-Baltic the supine was created with suffixes "*-tun" < PIE "*-tum": "*eitun", "*darītun".
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