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tummy time

tummy time noun: time spent by an infant in the prone position while awake and supervised, supposed to reduce the risk of skull deformation from spending too much time supine.

Noun

tummy time (uncountable)

  1. (US, colloquial) Time spent by an infant in the prone position while awake and supervised, supposed to reduce the risk of skull deformation from spending too much time supine.

Questions about tummy time

What does tummy time mean?
Tummy time means time spent by an infant in the prone position while awake and supervised, supposed to reduce the risk of skull deformation from spending too much time supine.
What part of speech is tummy time?
Tummy time is a noun.

Words near tummy time in the dictionary

  1. tummy
  2. tummy ache
  3. tummy aches
  4. tummy button
  5. tummy buttons
  6. tummy time
  7. tummy tuck
  8. tummy tucks
  9. tummyache
  10. tummyaches
  11. Tumolo

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