torticollis

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /tɔɹ.təˈkɑ.ləs/

Noun

torticollis (uncountable)

1. A medical condition in which the neck muscles contract, causing the neck to twist or jerk.

Synonyms

• wryneck

Related terms

• anterocollis
• retrocollis

Translations

medical condition

• Bulgarian: схващане на врата (shvaštane na vrata)
• Catalan: torticoli (ca) m, torcecoll m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斜頸／斜颈 (zh) (xiéjǐng)

• Finnish: kiertokaula (fi)
• French: torticolis (fr) m
• German: Schiefhals m
• Japanese: 斜頸 (ja) (しゃけい, shakei)
• Polish: kręcz (pl) m
• Russian: кривоше́я (ru) f (krivošéja)
• Spanish: tortícolis m
• Swedish: nackspärr c