introvert. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

introvert

SYLLABICATION:	in·tro·vert
PRONUNCIATION:	ntr-vûrt, ntr-vûrt
TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: in·tro·vert·ed, in·tro·vert·ing, in·tro·verts 1. To turn or direct inward. 2. Psychology To concentrate (one's interests) upon oneself. 3. Medicine To turn (a tubular organ or part) inward upon itself.
NOUN:	(ntr-vûrt)1. Psychology An introverted person. 2. Medicine An anatomical structure that is capable of being introverted.
ETYMOLOGY:	intro– + Latin vertere, to turn; see wer-² in Appendix I.


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