"retroflexed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: retroflex + -ed Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|retroflex|ed}} retroflex + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} retroflexed
  1. Bent in a posterior (backwards) direction, as the uterus
    Sense id: en-retroflexed-en-adj-2CgD2qyg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 49 51
  2. (phonetics) Being retroflex. Categories (topical): Phonetics
    Sense id: en-retroflexed-en-adj-fsBVcnBF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 49 51 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

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