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Definition of retroflex adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

retroflex

adjective

NAmE//ˈrɛtrəˌflɛks//

1(medical) (of a part of the body) turned backward

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2(phonetics) (of a speech sound) produced with the end of the tongue turned up against the hard palate

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