different between volvulus vs torsion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin volvulus (“tending to roll”), from volvo (“I roll”) +? -ulus (“tending to, inclined to”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v?l.vj?l.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?l.vj?l.?s/

Noun

volvulus (countable and uncountable, plural volvuli or volvuluses)

1. (medicine) Obstruction of the bowel in which a loop of bowel has abnormally twisted on itself.

Translations

Further reading

• volvulus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From volvo (“I roll”) +? -ulus (“tending to, inclined to”).

Pronunciation

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?vol.vu.lus/, [?v?lvulus]

Adjective

volvulus (feminine volvula, neuter volvulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) Tending to roll.

   Onchocerca volvulus

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

• ? English: volvulus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French, from Late Latin torsio, torsionem, from Latin tortio, from torque? (“twist, turn”). See torture, -tort.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /?t??.??n/

Noun

torsion (countable and uncountable, plural torsions)

1. The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.
2. (mechanics) That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.
3. (surgery) The stopping of arterial haemorrhage in certain cases, by twisting the cut end of the artery.

Derived terms

Translations

Derived terms

• torsion field

Related terms

• torque

Anagrams

• Sortino, isotron, nitroso

Finnish

Noun

torsion

1. Genitive singular form of torsio.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin torsio, torsionem, from Latin tortio, tortionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.sj??/

Noun

torsion f (plural torsions)

1. torsion; act of turning or twisting.

Derived terms

• angle de torsion
• ressort de torsion
• barre de torsion

Further reading

• “torsion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rotions