intorsion

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noun

A bending or twisting of an organ from its proper alignment.

“intorsion of the eyeball”

OriginLatin intortio →
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Meanings

nounintorsion (countable and uncountable, plural intorsions)

plural intorsions

  1. A winding, bending, or twisting.
    1. countableuncountableanatomyA bending or twisting of an organ from its proper alignment.

      intorsion of the eyeball

      1 more example

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

      1999, Arthur L. Rosenbaum, Alvina Pauline Santiago, Clinical Strabismus Management, page 68
    2. archaiccountableuncountablebiologyThe bending or twisting of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the vertical.

Origin

  1. Latinintortio“a curling, crisping”
  2. Englishintorsion

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

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APA

intorsion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intorsion

MLA

“intorsion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intorsion. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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