MEANING
Twisting of a body or structure about an axis.
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- intestinal torsion
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Torsion distorted the flexible shaft.
The physician suspected intestinal torsion.
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Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular torsion; plural torsions. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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