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Definition of Tortuosities
1. tortuosity [n] - See also: tortuosity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tortuosities
Literary usage of Tortuosities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Philadelphia Medical Times (1882)
"... noting tortuosities, etc., then rapidly introduce the largest tent possible,
having first coated it with an enamelling material—as soap—and immersed it ..."
2. Text-book of gynecological diagnosis by Georg Winter, Carl Ruge (1909)
"Preformed tortuosities in the tube, with an abundance of folds in the lumen, may
alter the shape by dividing the tube into separate portions; or, ..."
3. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1841)
"The branches issuing from the two subclavian arteries had enlarged in the same
proportion, and described very extensive and numerous tortuosities. ..."
4. Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease: A Text-book for by Augustus Caillé (1906)
"The nose and face are hyperaemic and greasy and traversed by irregular tortuosities
of blood vessels and isolated papules and pustules. ..."
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