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anteflexion

American  
[an-tuh-flek-shuhn] / ˌæn təˈflɛk ʃən /

noun

Pathology.

  1. a bending forward of an organ, especially of the body of the uterus.

Etymology

Origin of anteflexion

1855–60; ante- + Latin flexiōn- (stem of flexiō ) a bending; flexion

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We have therefore to consider the following conditions as pathological: anteflexion, retroflexion, retroversion, inversion, prolapse and procidentia.

From Project Gutenberg

Slight anteflexion or bending forwards is normal; when exaggerated it gives rise to dysmenorrhoea, sterility and reflex nervous phenomena.

From Project Gutenberg

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