Usually means: Reversal of twisting in gastropods.
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  1. detorsion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. detorsion: Collins English Dictionary
  3. detorsion: Wordnik
  4. detorsion: Wiktionary
  5. detorsion: Dictionary.com
  6. Detorsion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. detorsion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Detorsion: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. detorsion: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. detorsion: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Detorsion: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. detorsion: Encyclopedia

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  1. detorsion: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (detorsion)

noun:  (medicine, surgery) The reduction of torsion, such as in correction of volvulated bowel.
noun:  (dated) Alternative form of detortion [(dated) The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping.]

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