English Explanatory Dictionary

intorsion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A winding, bending, or twisting.
  2. A bending or twisting of an organ from its proper alignment.
  3. The bending or twisting of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the vertical.

Word forms

intorsion intorsions

Etymology

From Latin intortio (“a curling, crisping”). Compare French intorsion. See intort, and compare intortion.

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