Decumbiture
Pronunciation : De*cum"bi*ture
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. Confinement to a sick bed, or time of taking to one's bed from sickness. Boyle.
2. (Astrol.)
Defn: Aspect of the heavens at the time of taking to one's sick bed, by which the prognostics of recovery or death were made.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913