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Definition of Retroversion

1. Noun. A turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part. "Retroversion of the uterus"

2. Noun. Translation back into the original language. "The teacher translated Latin texts into English which he gave to his students for retroversion"

3. Noun. Returning to a former state.

Definition of Retroversion

1. n. A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus.

Definition of Retroversion

1. Noun. (medicine) The state or condition of being retroverted. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Retroversion

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Retroversion

1. 1. A turning backward, as of the uterus. 2. Condition in which the teeth are located in a more posterior position than is normal. Origin: retro-+ L. Verto, pp. Versus, to turn (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retroversion

retrotransposal retrotranspose retrotransposed retrotransposes retrotransposing retrotransposition retrotranspositions retrotransposon retrotransposons retrousse

retroussé retrouterine retrovaccination retrovaccinations retroversioflexion retroversion (current term) retroversions retrovert retroverted retroverting

retroverts retroviral retroviral vector retrovirally retroviridae infections retroviridae proteins retrovirology retrovirus retroviruses retrovision

Literary usage of Retroversion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1861)
"He then wont on to say : " My own attention became specially directed to the subject of retroversion of the gravid uterus in the following manner :—I ..."

2. Treatise on the Diseases of Women: For the Use of Students and Practitioners by Alexander Johnston Chalmers Skene (1892)
"retroversion is usually progressive, except in the first months of ... It is exceedingly rare to find retroversion in the first degree existing for any ..."

3. The Principles of Midwifery: Including the Diseases of Women and Children by John Burns (1837)
"In general, after getting farther on, the mind "becomes correct. SECTION THIRTY-FOURTH. retroversion of the uterus was described, but not explained, ..."

4. On Diseases Peculiar to Women: Including Displacements of the Uterus by Hugh Lenox Hodge (1860)
"There may be, therefore, various degrees or stages of retroversion, according to the ... The great peculiarity of retroversion is, that the weight of the ..."

5. A Theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery by Pierre Cazeaux (1857)
"These two varieties may occur in different degrees; but thy displacement will be much more considerable in retroversion than in ante- ..."

6. The Pathology, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of women: Including the by Graily Hewitt (1874)
"RETROFLEXION AND retroversion. Frequency of Retroflexion and retroversion. ... retroversion alone is very uncommon, and I hardly recollect to have seen a ..."

7. Practical manual of diseases of women and uterine therapeutics by Henry Macnaughton Jones (1884)
"BY retroversion we understand a displacement of the fundus uteri backwards, so that it lies ... I am not here referring to the retroversion of pregnancy. ..."

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