detorsion

English

Etymology 1

Like detort, from Latin detorqueo.

Noun

detorsion (countable and uncountable, plural detorsions)

  1. (dated) Alternative form of detortion
    • 1835 January 23 (date written), Frederic James Post, “A Discourse Touching Rides and Riding”, in Extracts from the Diary and Other Manuscripts of the Late Frederic James Post, of Islington. [], London: [] [James Moyes] for private circulation, published 1838, →OCLC, pages 331–332:
      But often, when thy face [i.e., that of a horse] is turned from the stable, thou hast an unaccountable desire to place it in the position occupied by thy tail: thou stoppest, coughest, shyest, and erst, with swift detorsion, turnest round, then, with sidelong glance of my magic caduceus, ominously wagging between the horizon and thy ample sides, I incite thee on, but rarely does thy pace more than trot, from home.

Etymology 2

de- + torsion (reversal prefix)

Noun

detorsion (countable and uncountable, plural detorsions)

  1. (medicine, surgery) The reduction of torsion, such as in correction of volvulated bowel.
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