'Wryneck' definitions:
Definition of 'wryneck'
From: WordNet
noun
An unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted [syn: torticollis, wryneck]
noun
Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
Definition of 'Wryneck'
From: GCIDE
- Wryneck \Wry"neck\, n. (Med.) [1913 Webster]
- 1. A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis. [1913 Webster]
- 2. a person suffering from torticollis. [PJC]
- 3. (Zool.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx or subfamily Jynginae, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (Jynx torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'wryneck'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adenoiditis,
- adrenitis,
- appendicitis,
- arteritis,
- arthritis deformans,
- arthritis fungosa,
- arthritis pauperum,
- atrophic arthritis,
- atrophic inflammation,
- blennorrhagic arthritis,
- bowlegs,
- brain fever,
- bronchitis,
- bunion,
- bursitis,
- camelback,
- capillaritis,
- carditis,
- catarrh,
- catarrhal inflammation,
- cerebellitis,
- cerebral meningitis,
- cerebritis,
- cerebrospinal meningitis,
- chronic infectious arthritis,
- chronic inflammation,
- cirrhotic inflammation,
- cleft palate,
- climactic arthritis,
- clitoritis,
- clubfoot,
- colitis,
- collagen disease,
- conjunctivitis,
- crookback,
- cystitis,
- defacement,
- deformation,
- deformity,
- degenerative arthritis,
- diffuse inflammation,
- disfigurement,
- encephalitis,
- endocarditis,
- enteritis,
- equine encephalomyelitis,
- exudative inflammation,
- fibroid inflammation,
- flatfoot,
- focal inflammation,
- freakishness,
- gastritis,
- gingivitis,
- glossitis,
- gonococcal arthritis,
- gonorrheal arthritis,
- gonorrheal rheumatism,
- gout,
- gouty arthritis,
- harelip,
- hemophilic arthritis,
- hepatitis,
- humpback,
- hunchback,
- hyperplastic inflammation,
- hypertrophic arthritis,
- hypertrophic inflammation,
- infectional arthritis,
- infectious hepatitis,
- inflammation,
- irritable bowel syndrome,
- knock-knee,
- kyphosis,
- laryngitis,
- lordosis,
- lumbago,
- lumbar rheumatism,
- malconformation,
- malformation,
- mastoiditis,
- meningitis,
- menopausal arthritis,
- metastatic inflammation,
- metritis,
- milk leg,
- misproportion,
- misshape,
- monstrosity,
- mucous colitis,
- mumps meningitis,
- mutilation,
- myelitis,
- necrotic inflammation,
- nephritis,
- neuritis,
- obliterative inflammation,
- ophthalitis,
- ophthalmia,
- orchitis,
- osseous rheumatism,
- osteitis,
- osteoarthritis,
- osteomyelitis,
- otitis,
- ovaritis,
- paradental pyorrhea,
- periodontitis,
- peritonitis,
- pharyngitis,
- phlebitis,
- podagra,
- proliferative arthritis,
- prostatitis,
- pyonephritis,
- pyorrhea,
- pyorrhea alveolaris,
- reactive inflammation,
- rheumatism,
- rheumatiz,
- rheumatoid arthritis,
- rhinitis,
- sclerosing inflammation,
- seroplastic inflammation,
- serous inflammation,
- serum hepatitis,
- simple inflammation,
- sinusitis,
- spastic colon,
- specific inflammation,
- splayfoot,
- subacute rheumatism,
- suppurative arthritis,
- suppurative inflammation,
- swayback,
- syphilitic arthritis,
- talipes,
- tennis elbow,
- teratology,
- testitis,
- thrombophlebitis,
- tonsilitis,
- torticollis,
- toxic inflammation,
- traumatic inflammation,
- truncation,
- tuberculous arthritis,
- tuberculous rheumatism,
- ulcerative colitis,
- uratic arthritis,
- ureteritis,
- urethral arthritis,
- urethritis,
- uteritis,
- vaginitis,
- valgus,
- vertebral arthritis,
- visceral rheumatism,
- vulvitis