Medical Definition of Collum distortum
1.
A wry neck, a contracted state of the cervical muscles, producing twisting of the neck and an unnatural position of the head.
Origin: L. Tortus = twisted, collum = neck
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Collum Distortum
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