SUPINATION

n. Su2p-i2n-a's hu3n. Gr., vn-Tidnjs. Lat., siipinatio (from sup in are, to bend backward). Fr., s. Ger.. Zuriickdrehung. 1. That posture of the body in which, while it is recumbent, the face looks upward; of the hand, that posture in which the palm is directed upward. 2. The act of a uming or producing such a posture. [s. 571]