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What does tortuous mean?

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Adjective
  1. Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
  2. (obsolete) injurious; tortious
  3. (astrology) oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely
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Published in 1967, L' amante Anglaise chronicles the tortuous windings and turnings of a mind perilously close to the edge of reason.
In patients with chronic septic lung disease, the bronchial arteries are usually enlarged and tortuous and may engulf the pulmonary hila.
Driving to the same direction and following the acclivitous and tortuous roads, you reach the small village of Tsada, which is under development.
Hence, although we fix the vessel under distension, once the load is removed, the elastin will recoil and consequently have a tortuous geometry.
The tortuous passage restricts or baffles the gas flow out of the glass assembly.
I did not enjoy manipulating people's visceral reaction to tortuous stimuli.

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