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Prone

prəʊn

Prone definitions
adjective
prone
  1. likely or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something unpleasant or regrettable

    "farmed fish are prone to disease"

  2. 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
  1. 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"

  2. drop into a prone position; lie face down

    "they searched him and told him to prone out on the ground next to his car"