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[n]
{medicine}
▶ cephalic presentation (of the fetus) |
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[n]
▶ head posture ▶ head position |
2. | A 2023-11-19 06:49:34 Syed Raza <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | * gg5, koj, and medical dictionaries have the fetal sense * reverso (a few results related to head position) * twitter results are nearly all for 「良性発作性頭位めまい症」(already an entry), and fetuses |
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Comments: | I would not add entire senses that only appear in nikkoku but not other references. (its citation is from the 19th century) Best to pare this down. |
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Diff: | @@ -12,5 +12,2 @@ -<gloss>position or status of a leader (chief)</gloss> -</sense> -<sense> -<pos>&n;</pos> -<gloss>point of view of a leader (chief)</gloss> +<field>&med;</field> +<gloss>cephalic presentation (of the fetus)</gloss> @@ -21,9 +18 @@ -</sense> -<sense> -<pos>&adj-no;</pos> -<gloss>positional (with reference to the head)</gloss> -</sense> -<sense> -<pos>&n;</pos> -<field>&med;</field> -<gloss>cephalic presentation, head-down position at birth</gloss> +<gloss>head position</gloss> |
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1. | A* 2023-09-25 04:57:06 Hendrik | |
Refs: | for 1 and 2: - https://kotobank.jp/word/頭位-2066062 for 3: - https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=head+posture for 4: - see entry in JDIC: 良性発作性頭位めまい症 = benign paroxysmal positional vertigo for 5: - see entry in the life sciences database: 頭位 【とうい】 (n) cephalic presentation; LS - https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=頭位 |
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Comments: | An expression with both literal and figurative meanings and several connotations |