Noun: retroversion ,re-tru'vur-zhun
- A return to an earlier state
"The country experienced a retroversion to authoritarian rule";
- regression, regress, reversion, retrogression
- A turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part
"retroversion of the uterus";
- retroflection, retroflexion
- Translation back into the original language
"the teacher translated Latin texts into English which he gave to his students for retroversion"
Derived forms: retroversions
Type of: abnormalcy [US], abnormality, interlingual rendition, rendering, reversal, translation, version
Encyclopedia: Retroversion