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retrospectively (ret-roor re-tro-spektiv-li), adv. In retrospect; with reference to or with reflection upon the past; in law, ex post facto. The law may have been meant to act retrospectively, to prevent a question being raised on the interpellations of Bibulus. Froude, Cæsar, p. 210. retro sternal (rē-tro-ster'nal), a . [ retro , back, behind, + NL. sternum , sternum.] Being behind the sternum. retro tarsal (rē-tro-tär's al), a . [ retro , behind, + NL. tarsus , the cartilage at the edges of the eyelids: see tarsal .] Being behind the tarsus of the eye. - Retro tarsal fold, the fornix of the conjunctiva. retro tracheal (rē-trō-trāʼkē-al), a . [L. retro , back, behind, + NL. trachea , trachea.] Being at the back of the trachea. retrou age (ré-trö-sázh′), n. [ F. , retro us ser , turn up: see retrou é .] In the printing of etchings, a method of producing effective tone, as in foregrounds, skies, or shadows, by skilful manipulation of ink in the parts to be treated, the ink being brought out from the filled lines, after careful wiping of the plate, by "pumping" with a soft cloth. retrou é (rė-trö-sā'), a . [F., pp. of retro us ser , turn up, trou er , tuck up, turn up: see tru .] Turned up, as the end of a nose; pug. The four examples of Rehoboam's princes exhibit a more delicate and refined profile than any other type before us, and one has even a nose slightly retrou é . Anthropological Jour ., XVII. 239. retro-uterine (re-tro-ū'te-rin), a . [ = F. rétro utérin , retro , back, behind, + uterus , uterus: see uterine .] Situated behind the uterus. retro vaccinate (re-tro-vak'si-nāt), v.t. [ retro + vaccinate.] 1. To vaccinate (a cow) with human virus.-2. To vaccinate with lymph from a cow which has been inoculated with vaccine matter from a human being. retro vaccination (rē-tro-vak-si-nā'shon), n . [ retro vaccinate + -ion .] 1. Vaccination of a cow with human virus.-2. In med ., the act of vaccinating with lymph derived from a cow which has previously been inoculated with vaccine matter from the human subject; the act of pa ing vaccine matter through a cow. retro vaccine (re-tro-vak's in), n . retroversion (rē-tro-vér's hon), n . [= F. rétro version , retro versus ( retrorsus ), turned or bent backward, retro , backward, + versio ( n-), a turning: see version .] A tilting or turning backward: as, retroversion of vertebral proce es: especially applied in gynecology to an inclination of the uterus backward with the retention of its normal curve: opposed to ante version . retrovert (rē-trō-vért'), v . t . [ L.retro , ward, + vertere , turn: see verse .] To turn back. [ retrovert (rē'trō-vert), n. 1. One who returns to his original creed. [Rare.]