捻ねん転てん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

twisting; torsion

Primarily a medical/technical term for the twisting of an organ or structure, such as the intestines or a blood vessel. Also used in physics for torsional stress.

• 腸ちょう捻ねん転てんは緊きん急きゅう手しゅ術じゅつが必ひつ要ようになることがある。

  Intestinal torsion can require emergency surgery.

• この素そ材ざいは捻ねん転てんに強つよい。

  This material is resistant to torsion.