Wry-neck
1wry|neck — «RY NEHK», noun. 1. a twisted neck caused by unequal contraction of the muscles; torticollis. 2. a bird, related to the woodpeckers, that habitually twists its neck and head in a peculiar way. 3. Informal. a person who has wryneck …
2Wry neck — Medically called spasmodic torticollis, or torticollis. The most common of the focal dystonias. In torticollis, the muscles in the neck that control the position of the head are affected, causing the head to twist and turn to one side. In… …
3Neck pain — [[Image: A parti colored guinea pig suffering from Torticollis, or wry neck |220px|center]] ICD 10 M …
4wry — I. verb (wried; wrying) Etymology: Middle English wrien, from Old English wrigian to turn; akin to Middle High German rigel kerchief wound around the head, Greek rhiknos shriveled, Avestan urvisyeiti he turns Date: 14th century intransitive verb… …
5wry´ness — wry «ry», adjective, wri|er, wri|est, verb, wried, wry|ing. –adj. 1. turned to one side; …
6wry´ly — wry «ry», adjective, wri|er, wri|est, verb, wried, wry|ing. –adj. 1. turned to one side; …
7Wry — Wry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrying}.] [OE. wrien. See {Wry}, a.] To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] Guests by hundreds, not one caring If the dear host s neck were wried. R.… …
8neck — 1. Part of body by which the head is connected to the trunk : it extends from the base of the cranium to the top of the shoulders. 2. In anatomy, any constricted portion having a fancied resemblance to the n. of an animal. 3. The germinative… …
9Neck, wry — Medically called spasmodic torticollis, or torticollis. The most common of the focal dystonias. In torticollis, the muscles in the neck that control the position of the head are affected, causing the head to twist and turn to one side. In… …
10wryneck — wry•neck [[t]ˈraɪˌnɛk[/t]] n. 1) pat inf Informal. a) torticollis b) a person having torticollis 2) orn either of two small Old World birds of the genus Jynx, of the woodpecker family, with mottled gray brown plumage: noted for their snakelike… …
