See Also: decubitus film(medicine)
right or left lateral decubitus film(medicine)
Decubitus(health)
decubitus(dictionary)
decubitus(medicine)
ventral decubitus(medicine)
decubitus ulcer(medicine)
angina decubitus(medicine)
decubitus radiograph(medicine)
Decubitus ulcer(health)

ouster (oh) and decubitus film (medicine)


ouster (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: OUST]
when someone is removed from a position of power or from a competition - used in news reports
sb's ouster/the ouster of sb
::the ouster of the brutal dictatorship

decubitus film (medicine)


decubitus Film


A radiograph exposed with the subject in the decubitus position; named for the side that is dependent.

Synonym: right or left lateral decubitus Film.