resupination noun. [rɪsu:pɪ'neɪʃ(ǝ)n, -sju:-] E17.
[from Latin resupinat- pa. ppl stem of resupinare: see RESUPINATE, -ATION.]
1. a. The effect of height on the proportions of a standing figure. rare. E-M17.
b. The action of putting a part of the body etc. into an inverted position. Also, the fact of lying on, or the action of turning on, the back. rare. Only in M17.

2. Botany. Inversion of a flower etc. M18.

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