Usually means: Bending backward or turning backward.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word retroflexion:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. retroflexion: Merriam-Webster
  2. retroflexion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. retroflexion: Collins English Dictionary
  4. retroflexion: Vocabulary.com
  5. retroflexion: Wordnik
  6. retroflexion: Wiktionary
  7. retroflexion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. retroflexion (retroflection): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. retroflexion: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. retroflexion: Dictionary.com
  11. Retroflexion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Retroflexion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. retroflexion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. retroflexion: Rhymezone
  15. Retroflexion: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. retroflexion: FreeDictionary.org
  17. retroflexion: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. retroflexion: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. retroflexion: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. retroflexion: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. retroflexion: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (retroflexion)

▸ noun:  The act of retroflexing; the state of being retroflexed.

Similar:
retroflection, retroversion, retrusion, retroclination, retrodisplacement, reversion, retrogress, reverse, retroaction, reversalism, more...

Opposite:
anteflexion, extension, straightening

Phrases:
urinary bladder retroflexion, more...

Adjectives:
extreme, uterine, acute, slight, spinal, ante, congenital, marked, primary, severe, chronic

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Similar:
retroflection, retroversion, retrusion, retroclination, retrodisplacement, reversion, retrogress, reverse, retroaction, reversalism, more...

Opposite:
anteflexion, extension, straightening

Phrases:
urinary bladder retroflexion, more...

Adjectives:
extreme, uterine, acute, slight, spinal, ante, congenital, marked, primary, severe, chronic



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