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retroflexion
Overview of noun retroflexion
The noun retroflexion has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. retroversion, retroflection, retroflexion -- (a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part; "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)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun retroflexion
3 senses of retroflexion
Sense 1
retroversion, retroflection, retroflexion
=> abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
retroflection, retroflexion
=> articulation
=> pronunciation
=> utterance, vocalization
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
retroflection, retroflexion
=> motion, movement, move, motility
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun retroflexion
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun retroflexion
3 senses of retroflexion
Sense 1
retroversion, retroflection, retroflexion
=> abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
Sense 2
retroflection, retroflexion
=> articulation
Sense 3
retroflection, retroflexion
=> motion, movement, move, motility
Antonyms of noun retroflexion
Member Holonyms of noun retroflexion
Substance Holonyms of noun retroflexion
Part Holonyms of noun retroflexion
Member Meronyms of noun retroflexion
Substance Meronyms of noun retroflexion
Part Meronyms of noun retroflexion
Meronyms of noun retroflexion
Holonyms of noun retroflexion
Attributes of noun retroflexion
Derived Forms of noun retroflexion
2 of 3 senses of retroflexion
Sense 2
retroflection, retroflexion
RELATED TO>(verb) retroflex#2
=> retroflex
Sense 3
retroflection, retroflexion
RELATED TO>(verb) retroflex#1
=> retroflex, replicate
Domain of noun retroflexion
Domain Terms of noun retroflexion
Familiarity of noun retroflexion
retroflexion used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun retroflexion
3 senses of retroflexion
Sense 1
retroversion, retroflection, retroflexion
> abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
=> acardia
=> acephalia, acephaly, acephalism
=> acorea
=> acromicria, acromikria
=> acromphalus
=> amastia
=> aneuploidy
=> anorchism, anorchidism, anorchia
=> asynclitism, obliquity
=> atresia
=> brachydactyly, brachydactylia
=> cryptorchidy, cryptorchidism, cryptorchism
=> deviated septum
=> dextrocardia
=> ectrodactyly
=> erethism
=> fetal distress, foetal distress
=> hepatomegaly, megalohepatia
=> inversion
=> transposition, heterotaxy
=> pneumothorax
=> macrencephaly
=> hydatid mole, hydatidiform mole, molar pregnancy
=> hydramnios
=> hypervitaminosis
=> hypospadias
=> lagophthalmos
=> mental abnormality
=> nanophthalmos
=> palmature
=> dysplasia
=> hydrocephalus, hydrocephaly
=> abrachia
=> progeria
=> atypicality, untypicality
=> arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation, regression
=> aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance
=> cyclopia
=> spinal curvature
=> subnormality
=> anomaly, anomalousness
=> gynecomastia
=> infantilism
=> macrocephaly, megacephaly, megalocephaly
=> microbrachia
=> microcephaly, microcephalus, nanocephaly
=> pachycheilia
=> phimosis
=> irritation
=> retroversion, retroflection, retroflexion
=> sequela
=> strabismus, squint
=> torticollis, wryneck
=> varix
Sense 2
retroflection, retroflexion
> articulation
=> affrication
=> aspiration
=> epenthesis
=> nasalization, nasalisation
=> retroflection, retroflexion
=> enunciation, diction
=> syncope, syncopation
=> sandhi
=> thickness
=> trill
Sense 3
retroflection, retroflexion
> motion, movement, move, motility
=> abduction
=> adduction
=> agitation
=> body English
=> circumduction
=> disturbance
=> fetal movement, foetal movement
=> flit, dart
=> gesture
=> headshake, headshaking
=> inclination, inclining
=> inversion, eversion, everting
=> inversion, upending
=> jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade
=> kick, kicking
=> kneel, kneeling
=> lurch, pitch, pitching
=> eye movement
=> opening
=> prostration
=> reach, reaching, stretch
=> reciprocation
=> reclining
=> retraction
=> retroflection, retroflexion
=> rotation, rotary motion
=> shutting, closing
=> sitting
=> sitting, posing
=> snap
=> squat, squatting
=> sweep
=> toss
=> vibration, quiver, quivering
=> wave
=> waver, flutter, flicker
=> standing
=> straddle, span
=> stroke
=> wiggle, wriggle, squirm
=> eurythmy, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurhythmics
Meronyms of noun retroflexion
3 senses of retroflexion
Sense 2
retroflection, retroflexion
=> articulation
=> pronunciation
=> utterance, vocalization
HAS PART: phone, speech sound, sound
Holonyms of noun retroflexion
Grep of noun retroflexion
retroflexion
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