extorsionn.
/ɛkˈstɔːʃən/ Outward rotation of a part of the body, esp. of the eye.
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rollinga1500
volubility1603
flexion1626
roving1658
eye-rolling1837
run1837
sursumversion1897
extorsion1899
vergence1902
eye-roll1928
1899 A. Duane tr. E. Fuchs Text-bk. Ophthalmol. (ed. 2) xiv. 578 The inferior rectus..rotates the eye in such a way that the upper extremity of the vertical meridian is depressed to the outside (extorsion).
1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xxviii. 446 An involuntary movement of torsion: intorsion when the upper pole of the cornea rotates nasally, extorsion when temporally.
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