Retraction
# Retraction

Retraction or retract(ed) may refer to:

## Academia

* Retraction in academic publishing, withdrawals of previously published academic journal articles

## Mathematics

* Retraction (category theory)
* Retract (group theory)
* Retraction (topology)

## 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

## Linguistics

* A process which has led to the Neo-Shtokavian accentuation, also known as "Neo-Shtokavian metatony"
