torticollis

/tawr-ti-kol-is/US // ˌtɔr tɪˈkɒl ɪs //UK // (ˌtɔːtɪˈkɒlɪs) //

小儿麻痹症,小儿麻痺症,腹股沟炎,小儿推拿

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Pathology.
- : a condition in which the neck is twisted and the head inclined to one side, caused by spasmodic contraction of the muscles of the neck.

As a matter of fact, mental torticollis is a tic which the patient can ordinarily curb by some procedure of his own invention.
Let but momentary cessation of the muscular spasm be effected, and the torticollis disappears without leaving a trace.
Mental torticollis consecutive to anthrax of the neck has been described by Briand.
Oppenheim has signalised the reappearance, after several months of respite, of a torticollis secondary to an attack of influenza.
To retrace the steps in the evolution of mental torticollis is a task not always easy of accomplishment.