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TORTICOLLIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does torticollis mean?
• TORTICOLLIS (noun)
The noun TORTICOLLIS has 1 sense:
1. an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted
Familiarity information: TORTICOLLIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
torticollis; wryneck
Hypernyms ("torticollis" is a kind of...):
abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)
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