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Definition of: retroflex
(ret′rə·fleks) adjective
1. Bent or turned backward; reflexed.
2. Phonet. Cacuminal. Also ret′ro·flexed. [<LL retroflexus, pp. of retroflectere <L retro- back + flectere bend]
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