See Also: retraction(dictionary)
retraction(dictionary)
retraction(medicine)
retraction syndrome(medicine)
retraction of publication(medicine)
retraction fibre(medicine)
gingival retraction(medicine)
clot retraction(medicine)
physiologic retraction ring(medicine)
pathologic retraction ring(medicine)

anaptyxis (iou) and retraction (iou)


anaptyxis (iou)



anaptyxis noun. L19.
[mod. Latin from Greek anaptuxis unfolding, formed as ANA- + ptuxis folding.]
Phonetics. The development of a vowel between two consonants.
anaptyctic adjective L19.

retraction (iou)



retraction noun. LME.
[Latin retractio(n-), formed as RETRACT verb1: see -ION.]
Recantation or withdrawal of a statement, accusation, etc., with admission of error; withdrawal from a promise etc. or of something decreed or declared; an instance of this. LME.
L. Hudson He demanded formal retractions at the least..criticism.
The action of drawing or pulling something back or in; the fact or condition of being drawn in or retracted. LME.
Nature The emission and retraction of its tongue.
b. Phonetics. The drawing back of the tongue in the articulation of speech sounds; articulation thus effected. L19.
In pl. = RETRACTATION 1. E16-M18.