retroflexed, a.
[f. as retroflex a. + -ed1.]
1. Bot. Bending or bent backwards, or backwards and forwards, retroflex; also Path. (cf. retroflexion).
| 1806 J. Galpine Brit. Bot. 83 Cor. retroflexed: L. cordate, angular, denticulate. 1872 Peaslee Ovarian Tumors 61 Frequently the uterus, being also carried backward by the traction of the ovary, is for the time retroflexed. |
2. Phonetics. = retroflex a. 2.
| 1932 D. Jones Outl. Eng. Phonetics (ed. 3) xxv. 200 Retroflexed vowels may be represented in phonetic transcription. 1950 ― Phoneme p. xiii, ɹ fricative tongue-tip r; also the corresponding frictionless continuant, and a retroflexed variety of this. 1973 Amer. Speech 1969 XLIV. 263 The study consequently proposed to measure the degree to which the Midland dialect, in the form of heavily retroflexed postvocalic /r/, appears in Austin. |