tortuosity

American  

[tawr-choo-os-i-tee] / ˌtɔr tʃuˈɒs ɪ ti /

noun

tortuosities plural

1. the state of being tortuous; twisted form or course; crookedness.

2. a twist, bend, or crook.

3. a twisting or crooked part, passage, or thing.

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tortuosity British  

/ ˌtɔːtjʊˈɒsɪtɪ /

noun

1. the state or quality of being tortuous

2. a twist, turn, or coil

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• tortuosities
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tortuosity

From the Late Latin word tortuōsitās, dating back to 1595–1605. See tortuous, -ity

Example Sentences

Dilatation and tortuosity of the anterior ciliary veins are due apparently to excessive flow of blood through them on account of the abnormally small amount carried off by the venae vorticosae.

From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Nance, Willis O.

It is not straight as in health, but is tortuous, because the overgrowth in the walls, which makes it thick, has also made it longer than normal, thus producing tortuosity.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

In involutionary sclerosis there is a gradual thickening and tortuosity of the vessel, which although it may be greater than in the hyperpietic cases, yet is never so dangerous to life.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

These changes give rise to marked tortuosity of the vessels.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

It is this last characteristic that imparts real value to Dunton's book, and makes it, despite its verbiage and tortuosity, throb with human interest.

From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine