‖ torticollis Path.
(tɔːtɪˈkɒlɪs)
[mod.L., f. L. tort-us crooked, twisted + collum neck. Cf. obs. F. torticolis.]
A rheumatic or other affection of the muscles of the neck, in which it is so twisted as to keep the head turned to one side; wry-neck.
| 1811 Hooper Med. Dict., Torticollis, the wry neck. 1857 Dunglison Med. Lex., Torticollis..Stiffneck, Wryneck.., a variety of rheumatism, seated in the muscles of the neck. 1859 Semple Diphtheria 347 There was also painful torticollis. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 63 In cases of rheumatic torticollis there is conspicuous muscular spasm. |