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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
retroflex /ˈrɛtrə(ʊ)flɛks/ (also retroflexed)

▶adjective

1 Anatomy & Medicine turned backwards.

2 Phonetics pronounced with the tip of the tongue curled up towards the hard palate.

– derivatives
retroflexion noun.

– origin C18: from L. retroflex-, retroflectere ‘bend backwards’.

'retroflex' also found in these Oxford entries:

cacuminal - cerebral

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