prone

(prōn)

adj.

1. Lying with the front or face downward.

2. Having a tendency; inclined. Often used in combination: paper that is prone to yellowing; an accident-prone child.

adv.

In a prone manner: The patient was lying prone on the bed.

[Middle English, inclined, disposed, from Latin prōnus, leaning forward; see per in Indo-European roots.]

prone′ly adv.

prone′ness n.

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References in periodicals archive

Under general anesthesia, the patient was positioned pronely for posterior approach.

Surgical Management of Symptomatic Adventitial Cystic Disease of the Popliteal Artery as a Cause of Deep Vein Thrombosis

This was also suggested in Pronely! (No 2) [2000] 1 AC 119.

Jurisdictional Immunities of the state (Germany v Italy; Greece intervening) (judgment) International Court of justice, general list no 143, 3 February 2012)

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