prone
adjective
[ prəʊn ]
• likely or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something unpleasant or regrettable.
• "farmed fish are prone to disease"
Similar:
susceptible,
vulnerable,
liable,
inclined,
given,
subject,
disposed,
predisposed,
open,
likely to have/get,
apt to get,
with a tendency to get,
at risk of,
in danger of getting,
• lying flat, especially face downwards.
• "I was lying prone on a foam mattress"
Similar:
(lying) face down,
face downwards,
on one's stomach,
on one's front,
lying flat,
lying down,
flat,
horizontal,
prostrate,
procumbent,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin pronus ‘leaning forward’, from pro ‘forwards’.
