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Retroversion

noun

A turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part. Synonyms: retroflection, retroflexion.

Translation back into the original language.

Returning to a former state. Synonyms: regress, regression, retrogression, reversion.

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"Retroversion" Quotes from Famous Books

... condition of the bowels, often leads to congestion of the uterus and leucorrhea, followed by uterine debility, prolapsus, excessive menstruation, anteversion or retroversion of that organ. The infrequency of the habit, incorrectly supposed to be desirable by a young woman, becomes nearly, if not quite disastrous to all her desires and bright prospects. Complications arise, and neither the ...

— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce

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