retroflected

Look at other dictionaries:

• retroflected — adj. [L. retro, backwards; flectere, to bend] Bending in different directions; bent or turned backwards …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• retroflected — SYN: retroflexed …   Medical dictionary

• retroflexed — Bent backward or posteriorly. SYN: retroflected. [retro + L. flecto, pp. flexus, to bend] * * * ret·ro·flexed (retґro flekst) bent posteriorly; cf. retroflexion …   Medical dictionary