retroflection


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a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part

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an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth

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the act of bending backward

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(2013) nevertheless suggest that the retroflection of the NBC may in fact return these larvae to the South American areas from which they originated, and that the Brazilian populations are characterized by a considerable degree of self-recruitment, and may thus be independent of the Caribbean populations.
Evaluacion del stock de la langosta roja (Panulirus argus) en la zona tropical del Atlantico sudoccidental
Gordon, "Oceanography--the brawniest retroflection," Nature, vol.
The interdependency of the morphological variations of the planktonic foraminiferal species Globigerina bulloides in surface sediments on the environmental parameters of the southwestern Indian ocean
However, no data are available that show an increased mechanical stress of the posterior uterine wall due to chronic uterine peristalsis and hyperperistalsis and a relationship of the site of predilection of adenomyosis with ante- or retroflection of the uterus [29, 30].
How to evaluate adenomyosis in patients affected by endometriosis?
This small difference may be due to the difficulty in obtaining adequate biopsy samples in some locations in the renal pelvis, such as the inferior pole calyces where the biopsy is done with retroflection of the ureteroscope.
Utility and diagnostic accuracy of ureteroscopic biopsy in upper tract urothelial carcinoma
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