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retrovesical

retrovesical adjective: behind the urinary bladder.

Adjective

retrovesical (not comparable)

  1. Behind the urinary bladder
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Origin of retrovesical

From retro- + vesical.

Questions about retrovesical

What does retrovesical mean?
Retrovesical means behind the urinary bladder.
What part of speech is retrovesical?
Retrovesical is an adjective.

Words near retrovesical in the dictionary

  1. retrovert
  2. retrovertebral
  3. retroverted
  4. retroverting
  5. retroverts
  6. retrovesical
  7. retrovesicular
  8. retrovestibular
  9. retroviral
  10. retrovirally
  11. retrovirals

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