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retroflex (adj.)
1776, from Modern Latin
retroflexus
, past participle of
retroflectere
"to bend back," from
retro
(see
retro-
) +
flectere
"to bend" (see
flexible
). The verb (1898) is a back-formation from
retroflexed
(1806), from the adjective.
