English-Thai Dictionary

retroflexion

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RETROFLEX

a.[L. retro, back, and flexus, bent. ] In botany, bent this way and that, or in different directions, usually in a distorted manner; as a retroflex branch.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RETROFLEX; RETROFLEXED

Re "tro *flex, Re "tro *flexed, a. Etym: [Pref. retro- + L. flectere,flexum, to bend, to turn. ]

 

Defn: Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.

 

RETROFLEXION

RETROFLEXION Re `tro *flex "ion, n.

 

Defn: The act of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed. Cf. Retroversion.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

retroflex

ret ro flex |ˈretrəˌfleks ˈrɛtrəˌflɛks |(also retroflexed ) ▶adjective Anatomy & Medicine turned backward: retroflex fibers. • Phonetics pronounced with the tip of the tongue curled up toward the hard palate: the retroflex /r /. DERIVATIVES ret ro flex ion |ˌretrəˈflekSHən |noun ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Latin retroflex- ‘bent backward, ’ from the verb retroflectere, from retro ‘backward ’ + flectere ‘to bend. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

retroflex

retroflex |ˈrɛtrə (ʊ )flɛks |(also retroflexed ) ▶adjective Anatomy & Medicine turned backwards: a retroflexed endoscope. • Phonetics pronounced with the tip of the tongue curled up towards the hard palate: the retroflex /r /. DERIVATIVES retroflexion |-ˈflɛkʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Latin retroflex- ‘bent backwards ’, from the verb retroflectere, from retro ‘backwards ’ + flectere ‘to bend ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

retroflex

re t ro flex , re tro flex Adjektiv Sprachwissenschaft |retrofl e x |zu lateinisch retroflexum, 2. Partizip von: retroflectere = zurückbiegen (von Lauten ) mit der zurückgebogenen Zungenspitze gebildet; zerebral 2

 

Retroflex

Re t ro flex , Re tro flex Substantiv, maskulin Sprachwissenschaft , der |Retrofl e x |der Retroflex; Genitiv: des Retroflexes, Plural: die Retroflexe mit der zurückgebogenen Zungenspitze gebildeter Laut; Zerebral

 

Retroflexion

Re t ro fle xi on , Re tro fle xi on Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |Retroflexi o n |Abknickung eines Organs (besonders der Gebärmutter ) nach hinten

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

retroflex(ed)

ret ro flex (ed )/rétrəflèks (t )/形容詞 1 そり返った, 反転した ; 〘医 〙後屈した .2 〘音声 〙そり舌の, 反転音の .