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Found 2 hits - Term: retroversion, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
retroversion \re`trover"sion\, n. cf. f. r'etroversion. see
   retrovert.
   a turning or bending backward; also, the state of being
   turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as,
   retroversion of the uterus.
   1913 webster

   note: in retroversion the bending is gradual or curved; in
         retroflexion it is abrupt or angular.
         1913 webster
see also:
retrovert 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
retroversion
     n 1: a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part;
          "retroversion of the uterus" syn: retroflection, retroflexion
     2: translation back into the original language; "the teacher
        translated latin texts into english which he gave to his
        students for retroversion"
     3: returning to a former state syn: regression, regress, reversion,
         retrogression
see also:
retroflection retroflexion regression regress reversion retrogression 


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