English - Turkish
Definition of torticollis in English Turkish dictionary
- boyun tutulması
- (Tıp) Başın gayrıtabii bir durumunu intaç eden bir hastalık, boyun tutulması, çarpık boyunluluk
- boyun tutulmas
- kasılma sonucu boynun çarpılması
- (Pisikoloji, Ruhbilim) boyun çarpılması
English - English
Definition of torticollis in English English dictionary
- A medical condition in which the neck muscles contract causing the neck to twist or jerk
- Assymetrical posturing of the head and neck Tortus means twisted and collum means neck in Latin Essentially a tightening of one or more neck muscles on one side of the neck
- a twisting of the neck that causes the head to rotate and tilt on an angle
- A contraction, often spasmodic, of the muscles of the neck, chiefly those supplied by the spinal accessory nerve; the head is drawn to one side and usually rotated so that the chin points to the other side
- an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted
- stiffening or spasmodic contraction of neck muscles
- Wryneck; a contraction of muscles in the neck resulting in an abnormal position of the head
- {i} twisted neck (Medicine)
- Abnormal posture of the head due to spasm of the sternocleidomastoid muscle
- involuntary spasms of the musculature of the spine, usually in the neck, but could be in the lumbar spine, usually in the neck but could be in the lumbar spine and pelvis and usually on the right or left side