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intorsion|ɪnˈtɔːʃən|
[a. F. intorsion, ad. L. intortiōn-em, n. of action f. intorquēre: see intort v.]
The action of twisting; spec. in Bot. the twisting of the stem of a plant; in Ophthalm. (see quots.).
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. xiv. (1765) 202 Intorsion, Winding, is the Flexion or Bending of any Part of a Plant towards one Side. 1794Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxxi. 485 The intorsion or manner of bending in the stems. 1855in Mayne Expos. Lex. 1887Syd. Soc. Lex., Intorsion, applied by Linnæus to the phenomenon presented by certain plants which twine around a support by means of their flexible stalks. 1899A. Duane tr. Fuchs's Text-bk. Ophthalm. (ed. 2) xiv. 578 It [sc. the superior rectus muscle] also rolls the eye in such a way that the upper extremity of its vertical meridian is inclined inward (intorsion). 1964[see extorsion]. |