Re`tro*ces"sion (?), n. [Cf. F. r'etrocession. See Retrocede.]

1.

The act of retroceding.

2.

The state of being retroceded, or granted back.

3. Med.

Metastasis of an eruption or a tumor from the surface to the interior of the body.

 

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