| 词汇 | retroflexion |
| 释义 | retroflexion noun[ U ] uk /ˈret.rəʊˌflek.ʃən/ us /ˈret.roʊˌflek.ʃən/ phonetics specialized the use of the tongue bending upwards and backwards to make a speech sound: Retroflexion occurs in around 20% of the world's languages. Quite often, our participants pronounce the sounds with little to no retroflexion. Related word retroflex medical specialized the state of being curved or folded backwards, especially used to describe a position of the uterus(= the female organ where a baby develops): In the case of retroflexion, the body of the uterus is angled backwards on the cervix. Upon retroflexion of the endoscope, several linear erosions were visible. Retroflexion is a bending over of the uterus, and usually occurs as a complication of retroversion, when the uterus is tilted backwards See also retroversion Retroflexion and retroflex segments are traditionally not features of the Arendal dialect. All of these retroflexion processes are shown to be productive and regular. The uterus has a large variation of positions within the pelvis, described by its degree of anteversion or retroversion, and anteflexion or retroflexion. Linguistics: phonology & phonetics accommodation alliterative alveolar apheresis aphesis assonance diphthong homonym intrusive labial labialize labiodental postalveolar postconsonantal retroflex rhotic rhyme the International Phonetic Alphabet unpronounceable unrepeatable You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Geometry: bends, loops & curves |
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