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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

rétroversion

. See

A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards;

as,

retroversion

of the uterus

☞ In retroversion the bending is gradual or curved; in retroflexion it is abrupt or angular.

Noun.

A turning or falling backwards; as the retroversion of the uterus.

retroversion ‎(countable and uncountable, plural retroversions)