resupination

[ ri-soo-puh-ney-shuhn ]

noun

1. a resupinate condition.

Word History and Origins

Origin of resupination¹

1615–25; < Latin resupīnāt ( us ) ( resupinate ) + -ion

Example Sentences

This resupination is not uncommon in the order; it is most evident in Thunbergia coccinea, in which the racemes are always pendulous. 

From Project Gutenberg

There is nothing, at least in this species, in the situation of the genitalia to account for the resupination.

From Project Gutenberg