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Definition of retroflex adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

retroflex

adjective
 
/ˈretrəfleks/
 
/ˈretrəfleks/
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  1. (medical) (of a part of the body) turned backwards
  2. (phonetics) (of a speech sound) produced with the end of the tongue turned up against the hard palate
    3. Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Latin retroflex- ‘bent backwards’, from the verb retroflectere, from retro ‘backwards’ + flectere ‘to bend’.
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