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A medical condition in which the neck muscles contract, causing the neck to twist or jerk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wryneck
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: abnormality, abnormalcy
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
схващане на врата
(shvaštane na vrata)
— medical condition
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Catalan:
torticoli
— medical condition
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Catalan:
torcecoll
— medical condition
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Chinese Mandarin:
斜頸 /斜颈
(xiéjǐng)
— medical condition
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Finnish:
kiertokaula
— medical condition
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French:
torticolis
— medical condition
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German:
Schiefhals
— medical condition
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Japanese:
斜頸
(shakei)
— medical condition
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Polish:
kręcz
— medical condition
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Russian:
кривоше́я
(krivošéja)
— medical condition
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Spanish:
tortícolis
— medical condition
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Swedish:
nackspärr
— medical condition