"fetal position" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the position a fetus typically assumes late in pregnancy.",
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      "form": "fetal positions",
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "The location of the fetus inside a womb."
      ],
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      "links": [
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        [
          "fetus",
          "fetus"
        ],
        [
          "womb",
          "womb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally) The location of the fetus inside a womb."
      ],
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        "literally"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tāizī",
          "sense": "location of the fetus",
          "word": "胎姿"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "location of the fetus",
          "word": "sikiön asento"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The fetal position is the most common sleeping position.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 February 1, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):",
          "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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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A posture in which the head and knees are brought close to the abdomen, usually while sitting or lying on one side."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "posture",
          "posture"
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        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "knee",
          "knee"
        ],
        [
          "abdomen",
          "abdomen"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "posture",
          "word": "蜷縮"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "quánsuō",
          "sense": "posture",
          "word": "蜷缩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "posture",
          "word": "sikiöasento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "posture",
          "word": "fósturstelling"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "posture",
          "word": "pēpeketanga"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "foetal position"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fetal position"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From the position a fetus typically assumes late in pregnancy.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fetal positions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The location of the fetus inside a womb."
      ],
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        [
          "location",
          "location"
        ],
        [
          "fetus",
          "fetus"
        ],
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          "womb",
          "womb"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally) The location of the fetus inside a womb."
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The fetal position is the most common sleeping position.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 February 1, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):",
          "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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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A posture in which the head and knees are brought close to the abdomen, usually while sitting or lying on one side."
      ],
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        [
          "posture",
          "posture"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "knee",
          "knee"
        ],
        [
          "abdomen",
          "abdomen"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "foetal position"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tāizī",
      "sense": "location of the fetus",
      "word": "胎姿"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "location of the fetus",
      "word": "sikiön asento"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "posture",
      "word": "蜷縮"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "quánsuō",
      "sense": "posture",
      "word": "蜷缩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "posture",
      "word": "sikiöasento"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "posture",
      "word": "fósturstelling"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "posture",
      "word": "pēpeketanga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fetal position"
}