Opisthotonos
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Opisthotonos is a noun meaning (medicine) Sustained tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened, as produced by various diseases.
Meaning
(medicine) Sustained tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened, as produced by various diseases.
Example Sentences
[T]he Actors struggled & bounced, and sprunted as if in Convulsions; like Patients under the Influence of a Disease called in Jamaica the Opisthotonos or dry Gripes […].
Word Forms
- opisthotonus
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include opisthotonus, orthotonos, emprosthotonus, tetanospasm, entasia, catatonus.
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