RETRO-UTERINE

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 17

adj. Re2t-ro-u2t e2r-i2n. From retro, behind, and uterus (q. v.). Fr., retro-uterin. Ger., retrouterinal. Situated behind the uterus. [L, 41 (a, 14).] RETROVERSIO (Lat,), n. f. Re2t-ro(ro3)-vuBr(we2r)'zhi2(si2)-o. Qen., -on'is. See RETROVERSION. R.-flexio uteri. Combined retroversion and retroflexion of the uterus. [s. 396]