The act or process of untwisting or straightening something that has been twisted or rotated.
From Latin de- (reversal) + torsion (from torquere, 'to twist'). The prefix de- signals reversing the action of twisting, so detorsion literally means 'un-twisting.'
In medicine, detorsion is actually a life-saving procedure used when someone's intestines or testicles twist on themselves—doctors literally untwist them, and this one word describes the entire emergency procedure.
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