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intortion

intortion is the alternative form of intorsion.

Meaning of intorsion

Noun

intorsion (countable and uncountable, plural intorsions)

  1. A bending or twisting of an organ from its proper alignment.
    • 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. (archaic) The bending or twisting of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the vertical.

Forms of intortion

pluralintortions

Questions about intortion

What is intortion the alternative form of?
Intortion is the alternative form of intorsion.

Words near intortion in the dictionary

  1. intorsion
  2. intorsions
  3. intort
  4. intorted
  5. intorting
  6. intortion
  7. intortions
  8. intortor
  9. intortors
  10. intorts
  11. intouchedness

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