"recovery position" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: recovery positions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} recovery position (plural recovery positions)
  1. The position, into which helpers will typically place an unconscious person, of lying on the floor three-quarters prone, on one's side; this position maximises the likelihood of the person's airway remaining open. Wikipedia link: recovery position Translations (Translations): 復原臥式 (Chinese Mandarin), 复原卧式 (fùyuánwòshì) (Chinese Mandarin), kylkiasento (Finnish), position latérale de sécurité [feminine] (French), PLS [feminine] (French), stabile Seitenlage [feminine] (German), stabilt sidoläge [neuter] (Swedish), framstupa sidoläge [dated, neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-recovery_position-en-noun-mwwYQX2B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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