fetal position

noun

: 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

Examples of fetal position in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Gregorian chant music, my Buddhist wisdom, The Great British Baking Show, Somebody Feed Phil, and, of course, The Nanny all became the equivalent of twirling my hair, sucking my thumb, and curling up in a fetal position. —Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2025

The body was reportedly found in the fetal position. —Laura Barcella, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025

The video also shows the drone finding the other suspect tucked in an upright fetal position in a small space between two walls. —Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025

Someone had put Pace’s body in three garbage bags before stuffing her in the suitcase in the fetal position, with her ankles shackled to her wrist and arm, Wamp described. —Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fetal position

• academician
• cycloaddition
• decomposition
• diagnostician
• disinhibition
• indisposition
• interposition
• juxtaposition
• mathematician
• metacognition
• metaphysician
• neurotransmission

Medical Definition

fetal position

noun

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