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retroflection

Variant of retroflexion

or retroflection

noun

    1. the condition of being retroflex
    2. Med. the bending backward of an organ, esp. of the body of the uterus, upon itself
  1. Phonet.
    1. retroflex articulation
    2. the acoustic quality produced by this

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