retrovertedadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɛtrə(ʊ)vəːtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈrɛtrəˌvərdəd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: retrovert v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < retrovert v. + -ed suffix¹. N.E.D. (1908) also gives the pronunciation (rī·trovəɹtėd) /ˈriːtrəʊvətɪd/.

1. Turned backwards, reverted. Also: backward-looking.

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the world > space > relative position > inversion > [adjective] > turned the reverse or wrong way

reversedc1390

awkwarda1522

reverteda1616

renversa1652

retroverted1735

retroverse1841

1735 J. Walton Minute Philosopher Fully Answer'd 18 The two Rectangles are now turned by this retroverted Motion.

1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 47 With retroverted eye, open jaws, and blown belly.

1842 H. E. Manning Serm. iii. 45 Beware of a retroverted heart, and of the glancing aside of the imagination.

1887 C. Reade Griffith Gaunt 4 Glaring out between his retroverted ears.

1922 W. L. George in J. Adrian Strange Tales from Strand (1991) 103 Her eyes were so retroverted that only the whites showed under the falling lids.

1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Nov. 742/3 The schoolsickness that marked..passionately retroverted Old Etonians.

1997 Science 23 May 1210/1 The absence of fully retroverted pubic bones and perching feet in dromaeosaurids does not preclude a close relationship to birds.

2. Medicine. Of the uterus: displaced backwards; spec. pivoted backwards on its transverse axis. Cf. retroflexed adj. 1a.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > reproductive organ disorders > [adjective] > of female > disorders of womb

retroflexed1724

retroverted1771

anteverted1829

anteflexed1839

metritic1857

parametritic1869

pseudomucinous1901

Krukenberg1911

1771 Med. Observ. & Inq. IV. 402 These circumstances made Mr. Wall recollect a case of a retroverted uterus which Mons. Gregoire had given in his lectures at Paris.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 174 It is this which constitutes a retroverted uterus.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 835 Thus the bowel may be compressed by a retroverted or retroflexed uterus.

1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xxxiv. 951 In females a retroverted gravid uterus may cause urinary obstruction if it becomes incarcerated in the pelvis.

1988 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 31 Mar. 830/2 If her uterus is retroverted, she should lie on her back. If it is anteverted, she should be in the knee-chest position.

2005 Brachytherapy 4 24 Patients with a retroverted uterus present a dilemma for brachytherapy in gynecologic malignancies because of the challenges of the procedure and the risk of uterine perforation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	retroverted
释义	retrovertedadj. Brit. /ˈrɛtrə(ʊ)vəːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈrɛtrəˌvərdəd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: retrovert v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < retrovert v. + -ed suffix¹. N.E.D. (1908) also gives the pronunciation (rī·trovəɹtėd) /ˈriːtrəʊvətɪd/. 1. Turned backwards, reverted. Also: backward-looking. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inversion > [adjective] > turned the reverse or wrong way reversedc1390 awkwarda1522 reverteda1616 renversa1652 retroverted1735 retroverse1841 1735 J. Walton Minute Philosopher Fully Answer'd 18 The two Rectangles are now turned by this retroverted Motion. 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 47 With retroverted eye, open jaws, and blown belly. 1842 H. E. Manning Serm. iii. 45 Beware of a retroverted heart, and of the glancing aside of the imagination. 1887 C. Reade Griffith Gaunt 4 Glaring out between his retroverted ears. 1922 W. L. George in J. Adrian Strange Tales from Strand (1991) 103 Her eyes were so retroverted that only the whites showed under the falling lids. 1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Nov. 742/3 The schoolsickness that marked..passionately retroverted Old Etonians. 1997 Science 23 May 1210/1 The absence of fully retroverted pubic bones and perching feet in dromaeosaurids does not preclude a close relationship to birds. 2. Medicine. Of the uterus: displaced backwards; spec. pivoted backwards on its transverse axis. Cf. retroflexed adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > reproductive organ disorders > [adjective] > of female > disorders of womb retroflexed1724 retroverted1771 anteverted1829 anteflexed1839 metritic1857 parametritic1869 pseudomucinous1901 Krukenberg1911 1771 Med. Observ. & Inq. IV. 402 These circumstances made Mr. Wall recollect a case of a retroverted uterus which Mons. Gregoire had given in his lectures at Paris. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 174 It is this which constitutes a retroverted uterus. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 835 Thus the bowel may be compressed by a retroverted or retroflexed uterus. 1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xxxiv. 951 In females a retroverted gravid uterus may cause urinary obstruction if it becomes incarcerated in the pelvis. 1988 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 31 Mar. 830/2 If her uterus is retroverted, she should lie on her back. If it is anteverted, she should be in the knee-chest position. 2005 Brachytherapy 4 24 Patients with a retroverted uterus present a dilemma for brachytherapy in gynecologic malignancies because of the challenges of the procedure and the risk of uterine perforation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1735
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