noun
- A turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part.
- usage: "retroversion of the uterus"
- synonyms: retroflection, retroflexion
- Translation back into the original language.
- usage: "the teacher translated Latin texts into English which he gave to his students for retroversion"
- Returning to a former state.
- synonyms: regression, regress, reversion, retrogression
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