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retrocession

[ rĕt′rō-sĕsh′ən ]

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n.

A relapse, as of a disease.

Cessation of the external symptoms of a disease, followed by signs of involvement of an internal organ or part.

Backward displacement of the uterus or other organ.

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Words nearby retrocession

retrobulbar anesthesia, retrobulbar neuritis, retrocalcaneobursitis, retrocede, retrocedent gout, retrocession, retrocessionaire, retrochoir, retroclusion, retrocognate, retrocollic spasm

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How to use retrocession in a sentence

Near the bottom, however, it became abruptly wider by the retrocession of the walls.
The Lone Ranche|Captain Mayne Reid
Farewell to happiness which might be found by retrocession to a natural and primitive life!
The Dead Command|Vicente Blasco Ibez
The Chinese in demanding the retrocession of Kuldja labour under the one disadvantage that they come to oust a beneficent rule.
The Life of Yakoob Beg|Demetrius Boulger
And a young man, whom I saw yesterday, was seized with asthma on the retrocession, or ceasing of eruptions on his face.
Zoonomia, Vol. II|Erasmus Darwin

The retrocession of the Transvaal in 1881 has been much lauded as an act of magnanimity and justice.
Native Races and the War|Josephine Elizabeth Butler