ppl. a. [f. prec. -ED1: cf. F. convoluté (found without the implied verb), and CONVOLUTE a.] Of a coiled, twisted, or sinuous form; exhibiting convolutions. (Chiefly Zool. and Anat.)

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1811.  J. Pinkerton, Petralogy, I. 212. This … is found contorted, or convoluted, in fantastic forms.

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1836.  Todd, Cycl. Anat., I. 112/1. A short wide convoluted intestine.

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1849.  Murchison, Siluria, xvi. 392. The convoluted and broken rocks.

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1873.  Mivart, Elem. Anat., ix. 370. The inner surface of the cerebral hemisphere … is very much convoluted.

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