Usually means: Curved or bent backward anatomically.
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  1. retroflexed: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. retroflexed: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. retroflexed: Wiktionary
  6. retroflexed: Dictionary.com
  7. Retroflexed: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. retroflexed: Rhymezone
  9. Retroflexed: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. retroflexed: FreeDictionary.org
  11. retroflexed: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. retroflexed: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (retroflexed)

▸ adjective:  Bent in a posterior (backwards) direction, as the uterus
▸ adjective:  (phonetics) Being retroflex.

Similar:
backward, anteflexed, retroverted, retroflexive, dorsoposterior, retrorsal, anteverted, postuterine, retrocervical, retrocolic, more...

Opposite:
protracted, extended, straightened

Types:
alveolar, uvular, pharyngeal, epiglottal, velar, more...

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Similar:
backward, anteflexed, retroverted, retroflexive, dorsoposterior, retrorsal, anteverted, postuterine, retrocervical, retrocolic, more...

Opposite:
protracted, extended, straightened

Types:
alveolar, uvular, pharyngeal, epiglottal, velar, more...



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