standard anatomical position vs position

position vs standard anatomical position

standard anatomical position and position both are nouns.

standard anatomical position is not a verb while position is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
standard anatomical position	Yes	No	No	No
position	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, position is a hypernym of standard anatomical position; that is, position is a word with a broader meaning than standard anatomical position:

standard anatomical position: The position of the human body, standing erect, with the face directed anteriorly, the upper limbs at the sides and the palms turned anteriorly (supinated), and the feet pointed anteriorly; used as the position of reference in description of site or direction of various structures or parts as established in official anatomical nomenclature.
position: the arrangement of the body and its limbs

Other hypernyms of standard anatomical position include attitude, posture.

standard anatomical position (noun)	position (noun)
The position of the human body, standing erect, with the face directed anteriorly, the upper limbs at the sides and the palms turned anteriorly (supinated), and the feet pointed anteriorly; used as the position of reference in description of site or direction of various structures or parts as established in official anatomical nomenclature.	the act of putting something in a certain place
	a job in an organization
	(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
	the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
	the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
	the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
	the arrangement of the body and its limbs
	a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
	a rationalized mental attitude
	an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
	an item on a list or in a sequence
	the particular portion of space occupied by something
	a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
	the appropriate or customary location
	the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
	a condition or position in which you find yourself

standard anatomical position (verb)	position (verb)
	put into a certain place or abstract location
	cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation

Difference between standard anatomical position and position

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