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anteversion

American  
[an-tee-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn] / ˌæn tiˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən /

noun

Pathology.
  1. a tipping forward of an organ, as the uterus.


anteversion British  
/ ˌæntɪˈvɜːʃən /

noun

  1. abnormal forward tilting of a bodily organ, esp the uterus

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Etymology

Origin of anteversion

First recorded in 1850–55; ante- + version

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Dr. Anderson says, “A woman who will do this twenty times each day can never have anteversion, if she dresses properly, for it lifts the organs in place each time.”

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir

There are three kinds of displacements: anteversion, retroversion, and prolapsus.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir

Examination showed: metritis following upon sub-involution of the uterus, anteversion with prolapsus of the whole organ.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

Or, the womb may turn forward, when we have a condition of anteversion.

From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.

Sometimes a pessary which prevents the anteversion is efficient.

From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.

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