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torticollis: an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
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| wryneck |
(ri nek). Contracted state of one or more muscles of the neck, producing an abnormal position of the head. Occasionally it is acute, due to cold or trauma; more commonly it is chronic, spastic in character, and dependent upon nerve irritation. Has been produced by habitual malposition of the head assumed because of existing ocular defect. May be congenital. When acute, it generally passes away under influence of rest, heat, and time. Chronic wryneck may require surgical therapy. ...
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