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ret·ro·flex
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adjective
1.
bent backward; exhibiting
retroflexion
.
2.
Phonetics
.
articulated with the tip of the tongue curled upward and back against or near the juncture of the hard and soft palates; cacuminal; cerebral; coronal.
Also,
ret·ro·flexed
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Origin:
1910–15;
<
Latin
retrōflexus
(past participle of
retrōflectere
to bend back).
See
retro-
,
flex
1
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World English Dictionary
retroflex
or
retroflexed
(ˈrɛtrəʊˌflɛks)
—
adj
1.
bent or curved backwards
2.
phonetics
of, relating to, or involving retroflexion
[C18: from Latin
retrōflexus
, from
retrōflectere
, from
retro-
+
flectere
to bend]
retroflexed
or
retroflexed
—
adj
[C18: from Latin
retrōflexus
, from
retrōflectere
, from
retro-
+
flectere
to bend]
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