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Webster 1913 Edition

Torticollis

Torˊti-col′lis

,

Noun.

[F.

toricolis

; L.

torquere

,

tortum

, to twist +

collum

the neck.]

(Med.)

See

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Definition 2025

torticollis

torticollis

English

Noun

torticollis ‎(uncountable)

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

Synonyms

wryneck

Translations

medical condition

Chinese:
Mandarin: 斜頸 (zh), 斜颈 (zh) ‎(xiéjǐng)
Finnish: kiertokaula
French: torticolis (fr) m

German: Schiefhals m
Japanese: 斜頸 ‎(しゃけい, shakei)
Russian: кривоше́я (ru) f ‎(krivošéja)