RETROVERSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does retroversion mean? 

• RETROVERSION (noun)
  The noun RETROVERSION has 3 senses:

1. a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part

2. translation back into the original language

3. returning to a former state

  Familiarity information: RETROVERSION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RETROVERSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

retroflection; retroflexion; retroversion

Context example:

retroversion of the uterus

Hypernyms ("retroversion" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Translation back into the original language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the teacher translated Latin texts into English which he gave to his students for retroversion

Hypernyms ("retroversion" is a kind of...):

interlingual rendition; rendering; translation; version (a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Returning to a former state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

regress; regression; retrogression; retroversion; reversion

Hypernyms ("retroversion" is a kind of...):

reversal (a change from one state to the opposite state)

Derivation:

retrovert (go back to a previous state)