it refers to an animal that is lying down and unable to rise.
lying on your side and flat
The man is in a recumbent position. I looked out the window and saw my mother in her lounge chair, recumbent and dead to the world.
Well a "semi-recumbent" fits about halfway between an upright and a full recumbent. Recumbent bikes have a chair like seat and many models have handlebars next to the seat as well as in front of the seat, and also provide better back support, the Semi-Recumbent exercise bikes are the same design as recumbent except the seat position is higher you are in a more upright (less recumbent) position,
Recumbent means resting or leaning horizontally. An example sentence would be: When her feet hurt it helps to sit in a recumbent chair.
Elephants sleep either in laterally recumbent or they stand and sleep if undisturbed. They prefer the morning hours in their natural habitat, mostly between 6.30 am and 11 am in winters and after 8 am in summers. They usually use a shaded place with leaf litter and good cover. Two to four elephants in an average herd of 8 elephants stand an sleep or debark or graze while the younger elephants are recumbent on the ground.
TerraCycle - recumbent cycling - was created in 1996.
Upright Position,Recumbent Position,Semi Recumbent Position,Prone Position,Recovery Position .. :))) Hope It help's .
In order to give blood, the patient is lowered into a recumbent position. He was recumbent on the couch, resting after an afternoon of chores.
The bike she rode was a recumbent bike and was more comfortable to ride.
horizontal recumbent assosiated as supine position
I peeked in the window and saw Dillon in his favorite armchair, recumbent and dead to the world.The cat was asleep and totally recumbent. If I had not seen it move a few moments earlier, I would have thought it dead.The stem of the flower laid recumbent upon the pot in which it was planted."The hills in their recumbent posturesLook into the silent lake..."-Philip Larkin
Upright.
when positioning a pt what side are you putting pt on when said right recumbent