retroversion
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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 William J. Robinson
Inversion -- N. inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, retroversion, introversion; contraposition &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
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
It seemed to me that was just as much of a retroversion of the theory of what is right in our Government as there could possibly be.
From Debate on Woman Suffrage in the Senate of the United States, 2d Session, 49th Congress, December 8, 1886, and January 25, 1887 by Various
Constipation may be caused by retroversion of the uterus.
From Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves by Edith B. (Edith Belle) Lowry
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