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torticollis.Medical dictionary. 2011.
wry|neck — «RY NEHK», noun. 1. a twisted neck caused by unequal contraction of the muscles; torticollis. 2. a bird, related to the woodpeckers, that habitually twists its neck and head in a peculiar way. 3. Informal. a person who has wryneck … Useful english dictionary
Neck pain — [[Image: A parti colored guinea pig suffering from Torticollis, or wry neck |220px|center]] ICD 10 M … Wikipedia
wry — I. verb (wried; wrying) Etymology: Middle English wrien, from Old English wrigian to turn; akin to Middle High German rigel kerchief wound around the head, Greek rhiknos shriveled, Avestan urvisyeiti he turns Date: 14th century intransitive verb… … New Collegiate Dictionary
wry´ness — wry «ry», adjective, wri|er, wri|est, verb, wried, wry|ing. –adj. 1. turned to one side; … Useful english dictionary
wry´ly — wry «ry», adjective, wri|er, wri|est, verb, wried, wry|ing. –adj. 1. turned to one side; … Useful english dictionary
Wry — Wry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrying}.] [OE. wrien. See {Wry}, a.] To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] Guests by hundreds, not one caring If the dear host s neck were wried. R.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
neck — 1. Part of body by which the head is connected to the trunk : it extends from the base of the cranium to the top of the shoulders. 2. In anatomy, any constricted portion having a fancied resemblance to the n. of an animal. 3. The germinative… … Medical dictionary
Neck, wry — Medically called spasmodic torticollis, or torticollis. The most common of the focal dystonias. In torticollis, the muscles in the neck that control the position of the head are affected, causing the head to twist and turn to one side. In… … Medical dictionary
wryneck — wry•neck [[t]ˈraɪˌnɛk[/t]] n. 1) pat inf Informal. a) torticollis b) a person having torticollis 2) orn either of two small Old World birds of the genus Jynx, of the woodpecker family, with mottled gray brown plumage: noted for their snakelike… … From formal English to slang
Torticollis — Infobox Disease Name = Torticollis Caption = A Guinea pig with wry neck DiseasesDB = 31866 ICD10 = ICD10|M|43|6|m|40 ICD9 = ICD9|723.5 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = emerg eMedicineTopic = 597 eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|orthoped|452 … Wikipedia
