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n. - An unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted.

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  • Oculogyric crisis, blepharospasm, respiratory stridor with cyanosis, torticollis, and opisthotonos can occur, as well as slow, writhing movements of the extremities.
  • Here's the thing that comes along to complicate any strict feminist criticism of objectification in the images of Prommenschenckel lying prone: She has a condition known as...
  • When the torticollis attitude has been corrected in childhood, the asymmetry of the skull disappears.
  • The plaintiff, Richard Hart, suffers from a medical condition affecting his neck known as torticollis.
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