The blood supply of the testis twists (called torsion) thereby cutting off the blood supply to the testis and results in testicular atrophy (shrinking).

This is a life threatening problem called gastric torsion.

The second generalized curvature χ(t) is called torsion and measures the deviance of γ from being a plane curve.

An abelian group is called periodic or torsion if every element has finite order.

Gastric Dilation is also known as bloat; may progressive to gastric dilation-voluvulus (GDV, also called gastric torsion), in which the stomach twists on itself.

It is called torsion if F(U) is a torsion group for all étale covers U of X. Finite locally constant sheaves are constructible, and constructible sheaves are torsion.

A variant is a less serious but chronic condition called intermittent testicular torsion (ITT), characterized by the symptoms of torsion but followed by eventual spontaneous detortion and resolution of pain.

This is also called Testicular torsion.

This condition is called testicular torsion and needs immediate medical evaluation and treatment.