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recurvation Now rare.|riːkɜːˈveɪʃən|
[ad. L. type *recurvātiōn-em, n. of action f. recurvāre to recurve.]
The fact of being bent or curved back; a backward bend or curve.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 44 b/1 In Fractures, dislocations, recurvatione of Ioynctes. 1599― tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 114/1 Rubbe therwith the recurvatione of the backe. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 172 By a Serpentine and Trumpet recurvation it ascendeth againe into the neck. 1822Good Study Med. IV. 326 The term Cyrtosis..among the ancients particularly imported recurvation of the spine, or posterior crookedness. |