Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Retroversion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Retroversion \Re`tro*ver"sion\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]troversion. See
{Retrovert}.]
A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being
turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as,
retroversion of the uterus.
Note: In retroversion the bending is gradual or curved; in
retroflexion it is abrupt or angular.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
retroversion
n : returning to a former state [syn: {regression}, {regress}, {reversion},
{retrogression}]
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