fetal position
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (rare, UK) foetal position
Etymology edit
From the position a fetus typically assumes late in pregnancy.
Noun edit
fetal position (plural fetal positions)
- (literally) The location of the fetus inside a womb.
- A posture in which the head and knees are brought close to the abdomen, usually while sitting or lying on one side.
- The fetal position is the most common sleeping position.
- 2013 February 1, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):
- When life's stresses get to be too much ... and my pacifier and thumb don't cut it ... there's only one thing for me to do. Return to the fetal position.
Translations edit
posture
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See also edit
- fetal position on Wikipedia.Wikipedia