SPASMODIC TORTICOLLIS
\spazmˈɒdɪk tˈɔːtɪkˌɒliz], \spazmˈɒdɪk tˈɔːtɪkˌɒliz], \s_p_a_z_m_ˈɒ_d_ɪ_k t_ˈɔː_t_ɪ_k_ˌɒ_l_i_z]\
Definitions of SPASMODIC TORTICOLLIS
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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A symptom, not a disease, of a twisted neck. In most instances, the head is tipped toward one side and the chin rotated toward the other. The involuntary muscle contractions in the neck region of patients with torticollis can be due to congenital defects, trauma, inflammation, tumors, and neurological or other factors.
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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T. characterized by recurrent transient contractions of the muscles of the neck and especially of the sternocleidomastoid. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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