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noun
A winding, bending, or twisting.
A bending or twisting of an organ from its proper alignment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A winding, bending, or twisting.
The bending or twisting of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the vertical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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History
From Latin intortio (“a curling, crisping”). Compare French intorsion. See intort, and compare intortion.
