fetal position


fetal position

noun

Definition of FETAL POSITION

: a position (as of a sleeping person) in which the body lies curled up on one side with the arms and legs drawn up and the head bowed forward and which is assumed in some forms of psychic regression

First Known Use of FETAL POSITION

1963

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