The twisting of something, or a twisted state.
The stress placed on an object which has been twisted.
Twisting of an object. Torsion is a factor in several medical conditions. For example, a torsion fracture, also called spiral fracture, refers to a bone that is broken because it has been twisted. Torsion also refers to the abnormal twisting of a testicle within the scrotum or of a loop of bowel in the abdomen; both conditions can prevent blood flow to those areas of the body, which can subsequently cause severe damage.
Abnormal twisting of a testis within the scrotum or of a loop of bowel in the abdomen may impair blood and nerve supplies to these parts and cause severe damage.
The term is applied to the process in which organs, or tumours, which are attached to the rest of the body by a narrow neck or pedicle, become twisted so as to restrict the blood vessels or other structures in the pedicle.
This term signifies a form of twisting, frequently used to describe occurrences in the intestine or testis.
The turning of the eye around its central line of sight; the angling of the eye’s vertical plane.