retroversion
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If the womb is turned backwards, the condition is called retroversion; if it is bent or flexed backward upon itself the condition is called retroflexion.
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Constipation may be caused by retroversion of the uterus.
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It seemed to me that was just as much of a retroversion of the theory of what is right in our Government as there could possibly be.
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In retroversion, after emptying the colon, assume the following position: Kneel on the bed, or sofa, with the body thrown forward until the chest also touches.
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An extreme degree of anteversion or anteflexion, or retroversion or retroflexion, may interfere with impregnation, as the spermatozoa may find it difficult or impossible to reach the opening of the womb—the external os.
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