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retroversion
[ re-truh-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn ]
noun
- a looking or turning back.
- the resulting state or condition.
- Pathology. a tilting or turning backward of an organ or part:
retroversion of the uterus.
retroversion
/ ˌɛٰəʊˈɜːʃə /
noun
- the act of turning or condition of being turned backwards
- the condition of a part or organ, esp the uterus, that is turned or tilted backwards
Derived Forms
- ˈٰˌٱ, adjective
- ˈٰˌ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·· [re, -tr, uh, -vurs, re-tr, uh, -, vurs], adjective
- ۴·e adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of retroversion1
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Example Sentences
If the womb is turned backwards, the condition is called retroversion; if it is bent or flexed backward upon itself the condition is called retroflexion.
Constipation may be caused by retroversion of the uterus.
It seemed to me that was just as much of a retroversion of the theory of what is right in our Government as there could possibly be.
In retroversion, after emptying the colon, assume the following position: Kneel on the bed, or sofa, with the body thrown forward until the chest also touches.
An extreme degree of anteversion or anteflexion, or retroversion or retroflexion, may interfere with impregnation, as the spermatozoa may find it difficult or impossible to reach the opening of the womb—the external os.
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