Retraction (disambiguation)

Retraction may refer to:

Academia

Mathematics

Human physiology

  • Retracted (phonetics), a sound pronounced to the back of the vocal tract, in linguistics
  • Retracted tongue root, a position of the tongue during the pronunciation of a vowel, in phonetics
  • Sternal retraction, a symptom of respiratory distress in humans
  • Retraction (kinesiology) - an anatomical term of motion

Humanities

Politics/administration

  • a public statement made to correct a previously made statement that was incorrect, invalid, or in error

See also

  • Retractor (disambiguation)
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