retroflexion
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part
retroversion of the uterus
Types & categories
- abnormality hypernym
Sense 2 noun
an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth
Types & categories
- articulation hypernym
Related & opposite
- retroflex derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of bending backward
Types & categories
- movement hypernym
Related & opposite
- retroflex derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | abnormality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | retroflex |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | articulation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | retroflex |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |