0 a position in which someone lies in a curved shape with legs and arms bent and close to the body:
1 a position in which you lie on your side with your knees bent and raised against your chest and your arms around your legs
Janey had also returned home earlier and curled up on her bed in the fetal position without bothering to take off her party clothes.
Cockrell found an 11,000 year old human skeleton in a fetal position, apparently placed in a crevice with broken stalactites holding it in place.
This is particularly relevant where there are factors making ultrasound imaging sub-optimal, such as oligohydramnios, difficult fetal position, maternal obesity or pelvic pathology.
Ultrasound examination is performed to determine placental location and optimal fetal position for trocar insertion.
Appearing on the far left, it has the traditional mor tuary-bundle shape of a human in the fetal position.
Appearing on the far left, it has the traditional mortuary-bundle shape of a human in the fetal position.
A few minutes later the pulsatile flow is being restored with the change of fetal position (lower panel).
When necessary the fetal position is altered to achieve better access to the trachea and to have trocar insertion in the upper half of the uterus as much as possible.
