Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
intortion .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A winding, bending, or twisting.
- noun (Bot.) The bending or twining of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the vertical.
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- noun A
winding ,bending , ortwisting . - noun botany The bending or twining of any part of a
plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from thevertical .
Etymologies
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Latin intortio a curling, crisping: compare French intorsion. See intort, and compare intortion.
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Examples
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Note: the inferior oblique does extorsion (lateral rotation), the superior oblique does intorsion (medial rotation) "Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I don't always like being taught."
LearnHub Activities 2009
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The movements of the eye include: adduction (the pupil directing toward the nose); abduction (the pupil directed laterally); elevation (the pupil directed up); depression (the pupil directed down); intorsion (the top of the eye moving toward the nose); and extorsion (the superior aspect of the eye moving away from the nose).
whichbe commented on the word intorsion
Twisting, twining.
May 16, 2008
biocon commented on the word intorsion
Intorsion means a twisting; spec. in Bot. the twisting of the stem of a plant.
1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xxviii. 446 An involuntary movement of torsion. Intorsion occurs when the upper pole of the cornea rotates nasally. Extorsion occurs when that pole rotates temporally.
July 19, 2011