See Also: intorsion(medicine)
intorsion(dictionary)

gerous (iou) and intorsion (medicine)


gerous (iou)



-gerous suffix.
[from Latin -ger bearing (from base of gerere bear, carry) + -OUS.]
Forming adjectives, usu. with intermediate -I-, with the sense 'bearing', as cornigerous, frondigerous, etc.

intorsion (medicine)


intorsion


1. A winding, bending, or twisting.

2. <botany> The bending or twining of any part of a plant toward one side or the Other, or in any direction from the vertical.

Origin: L. Intortio a curling, crisping: cf. F. Intorsion. See Intort, and cf. Intortion.

Source: Websters Dictionary