What's the difference between wryneck and wrynecked?
Wryneck
Definition:
(n.) A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.
(n.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck.
Example Sentences:
(1) The stereotactic exclusion of target points in the thalamus (ventro-oral nuclei, mainly V.o.i., H1, nucleus interstitialis Cajal) brought about a removal in 20.8 per cent, considerable improvement in another 20.8 per cent, a satisfactory improvement in 16.8 per cent, and a positive effect on the wryneck symptoms in 25 per cent.
(2) All 98 cases of transverse presentation were complete or partial bicornual gestations; 34 (35%) fetuses were malformed (mainly wryneck).
(3) The first symptom appeared as right wryneck ten days after birth.
Wrynecked
Definition:
(a.) Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck.
Example Sentences:
(1) The stereotactic exclusion of target points in the thalamus (ventro-oral nuclei, mainly V.o.i., H1, nucleus interstitialis Cajal) brought about a removal in 20.8 per cent, considerable improvement in another 20.8 per cent, a satisfactory improvement in 16.8 per cent, and a positive effect on the wryneck symptoms in 25 per cent.
(2) All 98 cases of transverse presentation were complete or partial bicornual gestations; 34 (35%) fetuses were malformed (mainly wryneck).
(3) The first symptom appeared as right wryneck ten days after birth.