Torticollis

Definition: Torticollis

Torticollis

Noun

1. An unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted.

Etymology: Torticollis \Tor`ti*col"lis\, noun. [French expression toricolis; Latin torquere, tortum, to twist collum the neck.]. (Websters 1913)

"Torticollis" is a common misspelling or typo for: portcullis.

Specialty Definition: Torticollis

Domain	Definition
Health	Wryneck; a contracted state of the cervical muscles, producing twisting of the neck and an unnatural position of the head. (references)
Medicine	Spasm of the neck muscles, drawing the head into one side and twisting the neck. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Torticollis

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

An abnormal neck position as a result of a twisting of neck muscles.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Torticollis."

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Synonym: Torticollis

Synonym: wryneck (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Torticollis

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Physical Pain	Noun: pain; suffering, sufferance, suffrance; bodily pain, physical pain, bodily suffering, physical suffering, body pain; mental suffering; dolour, ache; aching. Verb: smart; shoot, shooting; twinge, twitch, gripe, headache, stomach ache, heartburn, angina, angina pectoris; hurt, cut; sore, soreness; discomfort, malaise; cephalalgia, earache, gout, ischiagra, lumbago, neuralgia, odontalgia, otalgia, podagra, rheumatism, sciatica; tic douloureux, toothache, tormina, torticollis.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Torticollis

Non-English Usage: "Torticollis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (torticollis), Dutch (torticollis), German (torticollis).

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Commercial Usage: Torticollis

Domain	Title
Books	Schiefhals: Behandlungskonzepte Des Torticollis Spasmodicus (reference) Wirkfaktorenanalyse standardisierter Biofeedbackprogramme beim idiopathischem Torticollis spasmodicus (reference) Wryneck Vol. IX: The Neck Has Gone Awry - Torticollis (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Torticollis

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		About 10 to 20 percent of those with torticollis experience a spontaneous remission, but unfortunately the remission may not be lasting. (references)
		Torticollis can occur at any age, although most individuals first experience symptoms in middle age. It often begins slowly and usually reaches a plateau. (references)
		Surgically cutting or removing the nerves to the affected muscles has helped some focal dystonias, including blepharospasm, spasmodic dysphonia and torticollis. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Torticollis

"Torticollis" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Torticollis" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (plural)	100%	2	245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Torticollis

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
torticollis	246
spasmodic torticollis	42
congenital torticollis	8
infant torticollis	7
torticollis treatment	6
congenital muscular torticollis	4
spasmodic torticollis torticollis	4
plagiocephaly torticollis	3
acute torticollis	3
benign paroxysmal torticollis	3
dystonia spasmodic torticollis	3
spastic torticollis	2
botox torticollis	2
muscular torticollis	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Torticollis

Language		Translations for "torticollis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		keqbërje që jap mundësi të paraqit akt i dënu. (various references)

Bulgarian		крива шия. (various references)

Danish		torticollis (wry neck). (various references)

Dutch		torticollis (wry neck). (various references)

French		torticolis. (various references)

German		Torticollis (wry neck). (various references)

Greek		γύψινοι δακτύλιοι για την διόρθωση του ραιβόκρανου (plaster rings, torticollis plaster rings), γύψινοι δακτύλιοι (plaster rings, torticollis plaster rings). (various references)

Hungarian		nyakferdülés (Wryneck). (various references)

Italian		torticollo, torcicollo (stiff neck, Wryneck). (various references)

Manx		mwannal cam (stiff neck, wryneck). (various references)

Pig Latin		orticollistay

Portuguese		torcicolo (crick, kink, stiff neck, wryneck). (various references)

Russian		кривошея. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		krivošija (wryneck). (various references)

Spanish		torti/culis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Torticollis

Derivations
	Words beginning with "torticollis": torticollises. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Torticollis"

Words rhyming with "torticollis" (pronounced 'Tor`ti*col"lis'): Amaryllis, Anolis, Caulis, Challis, Hamamelis, Hemerocallis, Peplis, tallis, trellis. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Torticollis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-i-i-l-l-o-o-r-s-t-t"
	-2 letters: rototills, solicitor.
	-3 letters: clitoris, coistril, colorist, cortisol, criollos, rototill.
	-4 letters: colitis, criollo, lictors, litotic, octrois, oolitic, risotto, solicit, soritic, tricots.
	-5 letters: cloots, colors, lictor, lottos, octroi, otitic, otitis, scroll, strict, stroll, tricot, trills, triols, trolls.
	Words containing the letters "c-i-i-l-l-o-o-r-s-t-t"
	+2 letters: torticollises.
	+5 letters: collaborationist.
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