(n.) The act of leaning, resting, or reclining; the state of being recumbent.
Example Sentences:
(1) Times to sternal recumbency and times to standing were not significantly different.
(2) There was an increase in walking (5.3 per cent), lying in sternal recumbency (8 per cent) and lying in lateral recumbency (5.3 per cent) whereas standing (53.3 per cent) was decreased.
(3) The data required are recumbent length, nude weight, midparent stature, and hand-wrist skeletal age.
(4) Also, yohimbine treatment significantly reduced duration of recumbency in 10 of 11 ferrets (p = 0.0001).
(5) Animals were euthanised between 23 and 36 days after infection when they became recumbent with PCV values as low as 9%.
(6) The following advantages must be pointed out in respect of using DLR in thoracic diagnosis in the intensive-care ward: No faulty exposures; the thorax can be x-rayed with the patient recumbent in bed, with lateral take: the image brightness in maintained at a constant level by histogram selection; electronic image processing and storage.
(7) For the last ones there is no TcPO2 adaptation from recumbent to sitting position because of the vascular ageing, while the LVR increased from recumbent to standing position.
(8) The results showed that both the TOT and NC were decreased by changing the body position from erect to recumbent.
(9) The standard treatment regimen of 500 ml of 23 per cent calcium gluconate, administered intravenously, will elicit a favorable response in approximately 75 per cent of recumbent cows within 2 hours of treatment.
(10) K increased abnormally at the end of anaesthesia, probably due to minimal muscle damage induced by the dorsal recumbent position.
(11) Ten carefully screened primiparous patients between 36 and 38 weeks' gestation underwent pulmonary artery catheterization, arterial line placement, and central hemodynamic assessment in the left lateral recumbent position.
(12) In part 2, subjects inspired in the standing position and expired in one of the recumbent positions.
(13) Dantrolene, a drug used in the prevention and treatment of malignant hyperthermia, was believed responsible for prolonged postanesthetic recumbency in a horse.
(14) We describe a case of a cavernous angioma of the right thalamus, identified by MRI, showing transient vertical diplopia in the upward gaze, present only in protracted recumbency.
(15) It is unclear whether echocardiography at peak bicycle exercise adds information to registrations obtained recumbent immediately after the test and what factors influence image quality.
(16) In addition, progressive increases in acid exposure were found over the 3 postprandial hours in GER patients in a recumbent position.
(17) Plasma renin activity (PRA) and plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC) were measured in 19 cases with primary aldosteronism (PA) and in 72 with essential hypertension (EHT) to differentiate the two disorders during the following conditions on normal salt diet: after overnight recumbency (basal state) and 2 hours after oral administration of 25 mg of captopril.
(18) Tolamol, at a dose of 300 to 900 mg per day, given over a period of 2 to 4 wk significantly decreased systolic and diastolic blood pressures in both the recumbent and standing positions.
(19) Calves were affected at birth, recumbent and showed intermittent extensor spasm and hyperaesthesia.
(20) Lateral recumbency causes ipsilateral nasal congestion and contralateral decongestion.