supin- +

Inverted or seemingly turned upside down, as the flowers of most orchids.

1. The state of lying on the back or dorsum.
2. The position of someone lying upon the back.
3. The condition of being resupinate or reversed; such as, a coral.

Lying on the back; supine.

1. A position of partial or incomplete supination.
2. The act of bringing someone to such a position.

1. Partly but not completely supine.
2. The attitude or assumption of a partly supine position (posture of an individual lying face up).

1. To turn the hand so that the palm faces upward, or to be turned in this way.
2. To turn the foot so that the sole is facing upward, or to be turned in this way.
3. To turn the face upward or lie in a supine position with the face upward.

1. Rotation of the forearm and hand so that the palm faces forward or upward and the radius lies parallel to the ulna; also, a corresponding movement of the foot and leg.
2. The act of assuming the supine position, or the state of being supine.

Applied to the hand, the act of turning the palm forward (anteriorly) or upward, performed by lateral rotation of the forearm.

Applied to the foot, it generally implies movements resulting in raising of the medial margin of the foot, hence of the longitudinal arch.

1. A muscle, especially in the forearm, that supinates a hand or foot.
2. A muscle, especially in the forearm, that effects or assists supination.

1. Lying on the back or having the face or front upward: "We walked along the beach, past the rows of supine bodies soaking up the sun."
2. Having the palm upward; a reference to the hand.
3. Inactive, passive, or inert; especially, from indolence or indifference.
4. Marked by or showing a degree of lethargy, passivity, or blameworthy indifference.
5. Inclined; sloping.

1. In an indifferently supine manner.
2. If anyone is supine, it indicates weakness and willingness to accept the control of others: "The new director has introduced a series of changes against little opposition from the supine staff."
3. A description which exhibits indolent or apathetic inertia or passivity; especially, mentally or morally slack.
4. Carelessly; indolently; drowsily; in a heedless, thoughtless state.

1. Exhibiting indolent or apathetic inertia or passivity; especially, mentally or morally slack.
2. Inactive, idle, inert, passive, dormant, torpid, supine.

An obsolete term for supineness; inertness; sluggishness.

Sexually potent only when supine (lying on the back with the face upward).