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positioner

[ puh-zish-uh-ner ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that positions.
  2. Orthodontics. a removable device of resilient plastic material worn in the mouth usually during sleep to produce minor adjustments in the position of teeth after straightening appliances have been taken off.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of positioner1

First recorded in 1930–35; position + -er 1
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With the positioner devices, if an infant rolls onto the stomach, the child's mouth and nose can press up against a bolster or some other part of the device, leading to suffocation.

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If you’re using one that has a positioner without taking that extra step, there you go.

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The babies had suffocated or become trapped and suffocated between the positioner and the side of a cot or bassinet.

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The immobility promised by a sleep positioner was advertised as a way to prevent the type of infant movement that could cause such a complication.

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In the last 13 years, U.S. officials have received 12 reports of infants who suffocated because of sleep positioner products.

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