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Retroflection Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Retroflection has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part

"retroversion of the uterus"

2

an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth

3

the act of bending backward

4

The condition of being bent backwards.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
abnormality articulation motion
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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