"fetal position" meaning in All languages combined

See fetal position on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: fetal positions [plural]
Etymology: From the position a fetus typically assumes late in pregnancy. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fetal position (plural fetal positions)
  1. (literally) The location of the fetus inside a womb. Tags: literally Translations (location of the fetus): 胎姿 (tāizī) (Chinese Mandarin), sikiön asento (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fetal_position-en-noun-XV6Y4AnH Disambiguation of 'location of the fetus': 96 4
  2. A posture in which the head and knees are brought close to the abdomen, usually while sitting or lying on one side. Translations (posture): 蜷縮 (Chinese Mandarin), 蜷缩 (quánsuō) (Chinese Mandarin), sikiöasento (Finnish), fósturstelling (Icelandic), pēpeketanga (Maori)
    Sense id: en-fetal_position-en-noun-2n5PJkPX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of 'posture': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: foetal position [UK, rare]

Inflected forms

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        "(literally) The location of the fetus inside a womb."
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          "text": "The fetal position is the most common sleeping position.",
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        },
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          "text": "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.",
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          "word": "fósturstelling"
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          "_dis1": "6 94",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "posture",
          "word": "pēpeketanga"
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  "etymology_text": "From the position a fetus typically assumes late in pregnancy.",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "tāizī",
      "sense": "location of the fetus",
      "word": "胎姿"
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      "sense": "location of the fetus",
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      "sense": "posture",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "posture",
      "word": "sikiöasento"
    },
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      "code": "is",
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      "word": "fósturstelling"
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      "word": "pēpeketanga"
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