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MeSH Heading: Uterine Retroversion
Tree Number(s): C12.050.351.500.852.900; C12.100.250.852.900; C23.300.970.750
Unique ID: D060725
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D060725
Annotation: coordinate with OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS if pertinent
Scope Note: A condition in which the UTERUS is found tilted backward toward the spine. The uterus is more commonly found in a straight vertical or anteverted (tipped forward) position. Although retroverted uterus is a normal variant position without symptoms, it is sometimes associated with pain, discomfort and other pregnancy complications.
Entry Term(s): Incarcerated Retroverted Uterus; Retroflexed Uterus; Retroverted Gravid Uterus; Retroverted Uterus; Tipped Uterus; Uterine Retroflexion
Previous Indexing: Uterine Diseases (1986-2011); Uterus/abnormalities (1992-2011)
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

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cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Uterine Retroversion MeSH Descriptor Data 2025