retroversion

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

If the womb is turned backwards, the condition is called retroversion; if it is bent or flexed backward upon itself the condition is called retroflexion.

From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.

Constipation may be caused by retroversion of the uterus.

From Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves by Lowry, Edith B. (Edith Belle)

We have therefore to consider the following conditions as pathological: anteflexion, retroflexion, retroversion, inversion, prolapse and procidentia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

There are three kinds of displacements: anteversion, retroversion, and prolapsus.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir

Inversion -- N. inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, retroversion, introversion; contraposition &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark