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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RETROVERTED

a.[L. retro, back, and verto, to turn. ] Turned back.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RETROVERTED

RETROVERTED Re "tro *vert *ed, a.

 

Defn: In a state of retroversion.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

retroverted

ret ro vert ed |ˌretrəˈvərtəd ˈrɛtrəvərdəd | ▶adjective Anatomy (of the uterus ) tilted abnormally backward. DERIVATIVES ret ro ver sion |-ˈvərZHən |noun ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Latin retrovertere ‘turn backward ’ + -ed 2 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

retroverted

retroverted |ˈrɛtrəʊvəːtɪd | ▶adjective Anatomy (of the uterus ) tilted abnormally backwards. DERIVATIVES retroversion |-ˈvəːʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Latin retrovertere ‘turn backwards ’ + -ed 2 .