ret|ro|ver|sion

ret|ro|ver|sion
ret|ro|ver|sion «REHT ruh VUR zhuhn, -shuhn», noun.
the act of turning or condition of being turned backward; displacement backwards: »

a retroversion of the uterus.

[< Latin retrōversus (< retrō- back + vertere to turn) + English -ion]

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