DISTORTION

n. Di2s-toar's hu3n. Gr., i<rTpo<H Lat., distortio (from distorquere. to distort). Fr., dis torsion. Ger., Verd rehung. It., dis torsi one. Sp., dis torsion. 1. A twisting out of shape, also the state of being so twisted. 2. A sprain. 3. An old term for strabismus. [F.] [s. 599]