Usually means: Curving back or inward again.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word recurvation:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. recurvation: Merriam-Webster
  2. recurvation: Wordnik
  3. recurvation: Wiktionary
  4. Recurvation, recurvation: Dictionary.com
  5. Recurvation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. recurvation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Recurvation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. recurvation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. recurvation: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Recurvation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Recurvation: MedFriendly Glossary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. recurvation: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (recurvation)

▸ noun:  A backwards bending or flexure backwards.

Similar:
recurvature, retroversion, recurvity, backfolding, retroclination, reversion, row-back, back-ganging, recurrence, rowback, more...

Opposite:
extension, straightening, elongation

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Similar:
recurvature, retroversion, recurvity, backfolding, retroclination, reversion, row-back, back-ganging, recurrence, rowback, more...

Opposite:
extension, straightening, elongation



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