Definition of Retrusion. Meaning of Retrusion. Synonyms of Retrusion

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Definition of Retrusion

Retrusion
Retrusion Re*tru"sion, n. The act of retruding, or the state of being retruded. In virtue of an endless remotion or retrusion of the constituent cause. --Coleridge.

Meaning of Retrusion from wikipedia

- between the teeth. Protrusion and retrusion are sometimes used to describe the anterior (protrusion) and posterior (retrusion) movement of the jaw. Examples...
- fibers which run horizontally and contraction of this portion results in retrusion of the mandible. The middle portion which fibers run in an oblique direction...
- protrusion (to bite), from side to side (lateral excursion) to chew, in retrusion, and any possible combination of these. Counter-intuitively, it is the...
- muscles of mastication move the jaw forwards and backwards (protrusion/retrusion). The canines come into function guiding the vertical movement when the...
- forehead, high forehead, high palate, mandibular prognathia, midface retrusion, narrow palate, sloping forehead, supernumerary teeth, and wide nose Limbs:...
- protrude, protrudent, protrusile, protrusion, protrusive, retrude, retruse, retrusion, retrusive trunc- cut off Latin truncare "to maim, mutilate", from truncus...
- forward excursion, known as protrusion. The reversal of protrusion is retrusion. When the mandible is moved into protrusion, the mandibular incisors,...
- protrude, protrudent, protrusile, protrusion, protrusive, retrude, retruse, retrusion, retrusive trunc- cut off Latin truncare "to maim, mutilate", from truncus...
- addition to proclination of the maxillary incisors, mandibular incisors retrusion will also happen. Transverse maxillary deficiency gives rise to posterior...
- (cutaneous or extracutaneous) Characteristic facies including midface retrusion and infraorbital creases Structural cardiac anomalies or cardiomegaly...