1. twisting or turning inward; the present participle of intort
Usage: technical or formal usage; often used in biology or anatomy to describe structures that curve or spiral inward

Examples

• The plant's tendrils are intorting as they grow around the support structure.
• The biologist observed the organism's shell intorting during its developmental stage.
• The rope was intorting upon itself in the tight coil.
• The spiral staircase creates an intorting pattern that draws the eye upward.