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- DictionaryProne/prōn/
adjective
- 1. likely to or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something, typically something regrettable or unwelcome: "years of logging had left the mountains prone to mudslides"
- 2. lying flat, especially face downward: "I was lying prone on a foam mattress"
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"