See Also: retro-(medicine)
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retro- combining form.
[Latin retro backwards: see -O-.]
Forming words denoting action, motion, or effect back or in return, or position behind.
retroa'nalysis noun (Chess) analysis of a position so as to reconstruct the moves of the game leading to that position (earlier called
retrograde analysis) M20.
retroana'lytical adjective Chess of the nature of or characterized by retroanalysis M20.
retro-'bulbar adjective (Anatomy & Medicine) situated or occurring behind the eyeball L19.
retrochoir noun (Ecclesiastical) the part of a cathedral or large church situated behind the high altar M19.
retrocog'nition noun (a) knowledge of the past supernaturally acquired; (b) Psychology paranormal cognition of events in someone or something else's past: E20.
retro'cognitive adjective involving or pertaining to retrocognition L19.
retro-engine noun = RETRO-ROCKET 2 M20.
retro-fire verb & noun (a) verb trans. ignite or fire (a retro-rocket); fire a rocket engine so as to give (a spacecraft) backward thrust; (b) noun the process or action of firing a retro-rocket: M20.
retrofit noun & verb (orig. US) (a) noun a modification made to a product, esp. an aircraft, to incorporate changes and developments introduced after manufacture and freq. found in later products of the same type or model; (b) verb trans. subject to a retrofit: M20.
retrofocus adjective Photography designating an optical system in which the distance of the rear surface from the image of an object at infinity exceeds the focal length, usu. achieved by placing a diverging group of lenses before a converging group M20.
retro'ject verb trans. cast or throw back (opp.
project) M19.
retro'jection noun (rare) the action of putting something back to an earlier date E20.
retro'lental adjective (Medicine) situated or occurring behind the lens of the eye;
retrolental fibroplasia, proliferation of vessels in the eye, sometimes leading to blindness, in (esp. premature) infants, caused by high concentrations of oxygen: M20.
retro'mingent noun & adjective (an animal) that urinates backwards M17.
retroperito'neal adjective (Anatomy & Medicine) occurring or situated behind the peritoneum; esp. designating fibrosis which surrounds and obstructs the ureters causing kidney failure: L19.
retropha'ryngeal adjective (Anatomy & Medicine) at the back of or behind the pharynx M19.
retrore'flective adjective (a) capable of looking back and reflecting (on a matter etc.); (b) having or being the property of a retroreflector: M19.
retroreflector noun a device which reflects light back along the incident path, irrespective of its angle of incidence M20.