torticollis
pronunciation
How to pronounce torticollis in British English:
UK [ˌtɔ:tɪ'kɒlɪs]
How to pronounce torticollis in American English:
US [ˌtɔtɪ'kɒlɪs]
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- Noun:
- an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted
Word Origin
- torticollis (n.)
- wryneck, 1811, Modern Latin, from Latin tortus "crooked, twisted," from torquere "to twist" (see torque (n.)) + collum "neck" (see collar (n.)).
Example
- 1. American guests learning treatment of infantile cerebral palsy and infantile torticollis .
- 2. Specifically look at whether the torticollis .
- 3. There is a condition called torticollis or wry neck , which is very common and especially with people when they slept funny , you know , on the couch , or in bed , but just , you know , in a bad position .
- 4. Objective to investigate the value of ultrasonographic in diagnosis of congenital muscular torticollis .
- 5. Study of mechanism and efficacy of prozac in treatment of spasmodic torticollis .