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English
Etymology
From antero- + verted.
Pronunciation
Adjective
anteroverted (comparative more anteroverted, superlative most anteroverted)
- (zoology, medicine) Bent forward.
- Synonyms: anteverted, antrorse
- Antonyms: retroverted, retrose
1901, John Bell Hatcher, Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899, volume 7:The head is small and placed upon a short, distinct neck, and is thus less sessile than in Proterotherium, more antroverted and with the pit for the round ligament less extended proximally, but of similar ovoid shape, with the long axis directed anteroposteriorly.
1999, Robert G. Dart, Beth Kaplan, Kalli Varaklis, “Predictive value of history and physical examination in patients with suspected ectopic pregnancy”, in Annals of Emergency Medicine, volume 33, number 3, →DOI:If the uterus is sharply antroverted or retroverted, it is often difficult to determine whether the os is open or closed as the axis of the cervix and the endometrial cavity lie in different planes.
2017, James A. Connolly, Beatrice Hoffmann, Anthony J. Dean, Robert D. Jarman, Emergency Point-of-Care Ultrasound, page 129:The operator maintains a view on the image screen as the transducer is advanced along the anterior vaginal wall, with the goal of final placement in the anterior fornix for the 90% of patients with an anteroverted uterus.
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