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n. The act of twisting or turning.

n. The condition of being twisted or turned.

n. The stress or deformation caused when one end of an object is twisted in one direction and the other end is held motionless or twisted in the opposite direction.

n. The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.

n. That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.

n. The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.

n. That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.

n. The act or effect of twisting; a forcible strain of a solid body by which parallel planes are turned relatively to one another round an axis perpendicular to them.

n. A wringing or wrenching, as of pain; a griping; tormina.

n. In surgery, the twisting of the cut end of a small artery in a wound or after an operation, for the purpose of checking hemorrhage.

n. a tortuous and twisted shape or position

n. a twisting force

"Twisting of the testicles, called torsion, can damage them and lead to antisperm antibody production."

distortion    distorted shape   

moment of torsion    radius of torsion    torsion electrometer    torsion of the humerus    torsion couple    antidromal torsion    torsion forceps    coefficient of torsion    angle of torsion    torsion balance   

torsion scale    torque    torsion balance    moment of torsion    angle of torsion   

torsion field   

torsibility    twist   

abortion    antiabortion    apportion    contortion    distortion    extortion    portion    proportion   

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