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retroversion

NOUN
  1. returning to a former state
  2. a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part
    retroversion of the uterus
  3. translation back into the original language
    the teacher translated Latin texts into English which he gave to his students for retroversion

How To Use retroversion In A Sentence

  • Constipation may be caused by retroversion of the uterus. Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves
  • the teacher translated Latin texts into English which he gave to his students for retroversion
  • -- Anteversion, anteflexion, retroversion, retroflexion, and the various other forms of displacement, are due to very much the same causes as those which give rise to prolapsus, and the symptoms are also very much the same. Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life.
  • For, as the action of writing is performed by bending the thumb forward, the retroversion or bending back of that joint did not unaptly point to the opposite of that action, implying that it was the will of the audience that the author should _write no more: _ a much more significant, as well as more humane, way of expressing-that desire, than our custom of hissing, which is altogether senseless and indefensible. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863
  • There was constant and imperious excitement, with the sense of vibration, tension, pressure, dilatation and tickling, accompanied, it may be, by some ovarian congestion, for she felt that on the left side there was a network of sexual nerves, and retroversion of the uterus was detected some years later. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society
  • There are three kinds of displacements: anteversion, retroversion, and prolapsus. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say
  • An extreme degree of anteversion or anteflexion, or retroversion or retroflexion, may interfere with impregnation, as the spermatozoa may find it difficult or impossible to reach the opening of the womb -- the external os. Woman Her Sex and Love Life
  • The teacher translated Latin texts into English which he gave to his students for retroversion.
  • The most common forms of displacement resulting from self-abuse, are retroflexion and retroversion, which are usually accompanied by congestion and enlargement of the womb, catarrh of the lining membrane of the womb, and relaxation of the vagina. Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life.
  • An extreme degree of anteversion or anteflexion, or retroversion or retroflexion, may interfere with impregnation, as the spermatozoa may find it difficult or impossible to reach the opening of the womb -- the external os. Woman Her Sex and Love Life
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