RETROVERSION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Returning to a former state

Synonyms:

regress; regression; retrogression; retroversion; reversion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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

Derivation:

retrovert (go back to a previous state)

Meaning:

Translation back into the original language

Example:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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)

Meaning:

A turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part

Example:

retroversion of the uterus

Synonyms:

retroflection; retroflexion; retroversion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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