intorsion

== English == === Etymology === From Latin intortio (“a curling, crisping”). Compare French intorsion. See intort, and compare intortion. === Noun === intorsion (countable and uncountable, plural intorsions) A winding, bending, or twisting. (anatomy) A bending or twisting of an organ from its proper alignment. (archaic, botany) The bending or twisting of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the vertical. === References === “intorsion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.