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   prone

   /prəʊn/

   adjective

   • 1. likely or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something unpleasant or regrettable: "farmed fish are prone to disease" Similar susceptiblevulnerableliableinclinedgivensubjectdisposedpredisposedopenlikely to have/getapt to getwith a tendency to getat risk ofin danger of gettingOpposite resistantimmune
   • 2. lying flat, especially face downwards: "I was lying prone on a foam mattress" Similar (lying) face downface downwardson one's stomachon one's frontlying flatlying downflathorizontalprostraterare:procumbentOpposite uprightsupine
   • ▪ denoting the position of the forearm with the palm of the hand facing downwards. technical
   • ▪ with a downward slope or direction. archaic

   verb

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

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin pronus ‘leaning forward’, from pro ‘forwards’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • E

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