LECTISTERNIUM

(Lat.), n. n. Le2kt-i3-stu8rn(stearn)'i2-u3m- (um). From lectus, a bed, and sternere, to spread out. The special arrangement of a bed formerly considered e ential in different diseases. [L, 84 (a, 43).] LECTUAL,, adj. Le2k'tu2-a11l. Lat., lectualis (from lechts, a bed). Of a disease, confining the patient to the bed. [L, 56 (a, 43).] [s. 599]