Retroversion

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  • noun. A turning or tilting backward.
  • noun. The state of being turned or tilted back.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A tilting or turning backward: as, retroversion of vertebral processes: especially applied in gynecology to an inclination of the uterus backward with the retention of its normal curve: opposed to anteversion.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state or condition of being retroverted.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. returning to a former state
  • noun. translation back into the original language
  • noun. a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part
    • Word Usage
    "Analloiotos, 'unchangeable' appears in Basil and is paralleled in the Antiochene creed of 325 (with the usual caution about Greek retroversion)."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    anteversion  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    abnormalcy  abnormality  interlingual rendition  rendering  reversal  
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