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opisthotonos

opisthotonos noun: sustained tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened, as produced by various diseases.

Noun

opisthotonos (uncountable)

  1. Sustained tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened, as produced by various diseases.
    • [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 […].1786 August 16, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana

opisthotonos meaning in Tamil

opisthotonos in Tamil

மேல்நோக்கிய முதுகு வளைவு

Forms of opisthotonos

alternative formopisthotonus

Origin of opisthotonos

From Latin opisthotonus, and its source, Ancient Greek ὀπισθότονος (opisthótonos), corresponding to opistho- + tonus (“muscle tension”).

Questions about opisthotonos

What does opisthotonos mean?
Opisthotonos means sustained tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened, as produced by various diseases.
What is opisthotonos in Tamil?
Opisthotonos in Tamil is மேல்நோக்கிய முதுகு வளைவு. See Opisthotonos meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is opisthotonos?
Opisthotonos is a noun.

Words near opisthotonos in the dictionary

  1. opisthothoracic
  2. opisthothorax
  3. opisthotic
  4. opisthotics
  5. opisthotonic
  6. opisthotonos
  7. opisthotonus
  8. opistognathid
  9. opistognathids
  10. opistokont
  11. opistoporin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: opisthotonos (page history and authors); opisthotonos (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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