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Prone
prəʊn
Prone definitions
adjective
prone
- likely or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something unpleasant or regrettable
"farmed fish are prone to disease"
- lying on one's front with face downwards
"I was lying prone on a foam mattress"
(lying) face down face downwards on one's stomach on one's front- denoting the position of the forearm with the palm of the hand facing downwards
- with a downward slope or direction
verb
prone
proned
prones
proning
- turn (a patient) so as to lie face down for a period of time in order to improve the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs during mechanical ventilation
"twice a day he was proned to try and get as much oxygen into his body as possible"
- drop into a prone position; lie face down
"they searched him and told him to prone out on the ground next to his car"