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anteflexion

[ an-tuh-flek-shuhn ]

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of anteflexion1

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

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

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

An extreme degree of anteversion or anteflexion, or retroversion or retroflexion, may interfere with impregnation, as the spermatozoa may find it difficult or impossible to reach the opening of the womb—the external os.

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