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retroversion
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun retroversion has 3 senses
- retroversion(n = noun.state) retroflection, retroflexion - a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part; "retroversion of the uterus" is a kind of abnormalcy, abnormality
- retroversion(n = noun.communication) Array - translation back into the original language; "the teacher translated Latin texts into English which he gave to his students for retroversion" is a kind of interlingual rendition, rendering, translation, version
- retroversion(n = noun.act) regress, regression, retrogression, reversion - returning to a former state; Array is a kind of reversal
Derived form verb retrovert1
CIDE DICTIONARY
retroversion, n. [Cf. F. rétroversion. 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]
" In retroversion the bending is gradual or curved; in retroflexion it is abrupt or angular."
[1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
retroversion
Inversion
N inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, retroversion, introversion, contraposition, contrariety, reversal, turn of the tide, overturn, somersault, somerset, summerset, culbute, revulsion, pirouette, transposition, transposal, anastrophy, metastasis, hyperbaton, anastrophe, hysteron proteron, hypallage, synchysis, tmesis, parenthesis, metathesis, palindrome, pronation and supination, inverted, wrong side out, wrong side up, inside out, upside down, bottom upwards, keel upwards, supine, on one's head, topsy-turvy, sens dessus dessous, inverse, reverse, opposite, top heavy, inversely, hirdy-girdy, heels over head, head over heels.
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