Definition of "intorsion"

intorsion

noun
plural intorsions
1. A winding, bending, or twisting.
2. (anatomy) A bending or twisting of an organ from its proper alignment.
  Quotations
  However, if postoperative anatomic intorsion is present, the patient may have DVD that was incorrectly diagnosed as IOOA and treated by IO muscle recessions.
  1999, Arthur L. Rosenbaum, Alvina Pauline Santiago, Clinical Strabismus Management, page 68
3. (botany) The bending or twining of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the vertical.