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Units related to: “twisted”
helico-, helic-, helici-, heli-, helix-
(Greek: spiral, coil; twisted, bent; spiral-shaped; a coil; by extension, "snail")
scolio-, scoli-, skoli- +
(Greek: curvature, curved, twisted, crooked, bent)
spiro-, spir-, spiri-
(Greek, speira > Latin, spira: coil, coiled; twisted, turning)
strepto-, strepsi-
(Greek: a twisting, to twist; easily bent or twisted, like a chain)
varic-, varico-; varix-
(Latin: twisted and swollen vein)
Word Entries containing the term: “twisted”
twisted suture
A suture in which pins are passed through the opposite lips of a wound and material is wound around the pins, crossing them first at one end and then at the other in a figure-of-eight fashion; therefore, holding the lips of the wound firmly together.
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