TORSION

n. To2r's husn. Gr., orpe'^is. Lat., torsio (from torquere, to twist). Fr., t. Ger., Drehuny, Umdrehen. The act or proce of twisting. [E.] Free t. T. of the free end of a divided artery, [a, 34.] Limited t. T. in which the artery is held, some distance from its end, with a forceps that limits the extension of the twisting, [a, 34.] T. of the umbilical cord. A twisting of the cord to such a degree as to interfere with the flow of blood through its ve els. TORSOCLUS1ON, n. To2rs-o-klu2'zhu3n. From torquere, to twist, and cludere, to close. Acupre ure (q. v.) by the second variety of the fifth method. [E.] [s. 633]