retroflection

Definition of Retroflection in English :

a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part

Example Sentences:
'retroversion of the uterus'

2. retroflection, retroflexion

an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth

3. retroflection, retroflexion

the act of bending backward

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Retroflection

noun

1.

the act or condition of bending or being bent backwards

2. phonetics

the act of turning the tip of the tongue upwards and backwards towards the hard palate in the articulation of a vowel or a consonant

noun

1.

a.

the condition of being retroflex

b. Medicine

the bending backward of an organ, esp. of the body of the uterus, upon itself

2. Phonetics

a.

retroflex articulation

b.

the acoustic quality produced by this

adj. also ret·ro·flexed (-flĕkst′)

1. Bent, curved, or turned backward.

2. Pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back against the roof of the mouth.

n.

A sound pronounced with the tongue in retroflex position, as the sound (r) in some varieties of English.