ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈvərzhən, -və̄zh-, -vəizh- noun
Etymology: Latin retrovers us turned backward (from retro- + versus toward, in the direction of — from versus, past participle of vertere to turn) + English -ion — more at worth
1.
a. : the act or process of turning back
b. : regression to a lower stage of development
these political and moral retroversions, the totalitarian states — Max Eastman
c. : translation into the original language
2. : the bending backward of the uterus and cervix out of the normal axis so that the fundus points toward the sacrum and the cervix toward the pubic symphysis — compare retroflexion