From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wryneck \Wry"neck\, noun (Med.)
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.
2. a person suffering from torticollis. [PJC]
3. (Zo["o]l.) 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]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted [syn: {torticollis}]
2: Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
158 Moby Thesaurus words for "wryneck": 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
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