antrovertedadj.
/ˈantrə(ʊ)vəːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈæntrəˌvərdəd/, /ˈæntroʊˌvərdəd/ Chiefly Zoology. Now rare.
Turned or bent forwards; anteverted.
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reflexc1570
invaginate1835
antroverted1851
evaginate1877
introvert1883
1851 R. Owen in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 141 727 The diapophysis is a rudimental ridge in the last dorsal.., but becomes a distinct depressed sharp plate in the first lumbar and progressively increases in size, with an antroverted direction in the succeeding lumbar vertebræ.
1853 Descriptive Catal. Osteol. Series Mus. Royal Coll. Surgeons II. 367 The diapophyses are elongated by coalesced antroverted pleurapophyses.
1878 J. H. Aveling Infl. Posture on Women 38 Indirectly the normally antroverted uterus is liable to further antrorsion as a consequence of any superincumbent pressure.
1941 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 28 838 The free border is rugose and antroverted in a very characteristic way.
1999 Ann. Emergency Med. 33 289/1 If the uterus is sharply antroverted or retroverted, it is often difficult to determine whether the os is open or closed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1851