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  • Ocular torticollis

    Torticollis from inequality in sight of the two eyes.  

  • Fixed torticollis

    An abnormal position of the head owing to organic shortening of the muscles.  

  • Congenital muscular torticollis

    Congenital fibrosis of the sternocleidomastoid muscle in the newborn, causing rotation of the infant’s head to the opposite side. The condition usually becomes evident in the first 2 weeks of life. Treatments include physical therapy or, in refractory cases, surgical division of the muscle.  

  • Quasi-intentional tort

    A wrongful act based on speech committed by a person or entity against another person or entity that causes economic harm or damage to reputation, e.g., a defamation of character or an invasion of privacy.  

  • Intentional tort

    An intentional wrongful act by a person or entity who means to cause harm, or who knows or is reasonably certain that harm will result from the act.  

  • Torsoclusion

    Malocclusion characterized by rotation of a tooth on its long axis. The tooth is rotated around its own axis.  

  • Torsiversion

    Rotation of a tooth around its long axis.  

  • Torsionometer

    A device for measuring the rotation of the vertebral column around the long axis using radiographs of the spine.  

  • Lung torsion

    A rare injury in which the lung rotates around its pedicle, typically after violent trauma to the chest. The injured lung can usually only be repaired with immediate surgery.  

  • Torsiometer

    A device for measuring the rotation of the eyeball around the visual axis (i.e., its anterior posterior axis).  

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