prone position

noun

A body position in which the person lies flat with the chest down and the back up.

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Meanings

nounprone position (plural prone positions)

plural prone positions

  1. A body position in which the person lies flat with the chest down and the back up.

Translations

Finnish makuu
  • makuubody position with the person lying with the chest down
French plaquage ventral, mise à plat-ventre
  • plaquage ventralbody position with the person lying with the chest down
  • mise à plat-ventrebody position with the person lying with the chest down
  • décubitus ventralbody position with the person lying with the chest down
German Bauchlage
  • Bauchlagebody position with the person lying with the chest down
Italian posizione prona
  • posizione pronabody position with the person lying with the chest down
Spanish decúbito prono
  • decúbito pronobody position with the person lying with the chest down
Swedish magläge, bukläge
  • maglägebody position with the person lying with the chest down
  • buklägebody position with the person lying with the chest down
  • på magebody position with the person lying with the chest down
Cite this entry
APA

prone position. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prone%20position

MLA

“prone position.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prone%20position. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prone position,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prone%20position.

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