torticollisn.
/tɔːtɪˈkɒlɪs/ Pathology.
A rheumatic or other affection of the muscles of the neck, in which it is so twisted as to keep the head turned to one side; wry-neck.
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torticollis1811
1811 R. Hooper Quincy's Lexicon-medicum (new ed.) Torticollis, the wry neck.
1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Torticollis,..Wryneck, a variety of rheumatism, seated in the muscles of the neck.
1859 R. H. Semple tr. P. Bretonneau et al. Mem. Diphtheria 347 There was also painful torticollis.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 63 In cases of rheumatic torticollis there is conspicuous muscular spasm.
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