intorsion

English

Etymology

From Latin intortio (“a curling, crisping”). Compare French intorsion. See intort, and compare intortion.

Noun

intorsion (plural intorsions)

1. A winding, bending, or twisting.
   1. (anatomy) A bending or twisting of an organ from its proper alignment.
      • 1999, Arthur L. Rosenbaum, Alvina Pauline Santiago, Clinical Strabismus Management, page 68:

        However, if postoperative anatomic intorsion is present, the patient may have DVD that was incorrectly diagnosed as IOOA and treated by IO muscle recessions.

      intorsion of the eyeball

   2. (archaic, botany) The bending or twisting of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the vertical.

References

• “intorsion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.