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retroversion

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retroversion [‚re·trə′vər·zhən]
(anatomy)
A turning back.
(medicine)
A condition in which the uterus is tilted backward without any change in the angle of its longitudinal axis.


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10) Although we did not examine our patient for femoral neck retroversion, our patient had a range-of-motion pattern that is often found in patients with femoral neck retroversion (30 [degrees] greater hip lateral rotation than medial rotation).
Dysphagia rehabilitation, including strengthening exercises to improve the patient's ability to achieve epiglottic retroversion and pharyngeal bolus propulsion, led to a decrease in the amount of residue after swallowing, eliminated the aspiration, and improved the patient's quality of life.
Given his self-image as an intellectual of the left, Foster is bound to oppose what he calls the "work of retroversion so pervasive in culture and politics today .
 
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