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orthotonos

orthotonos noun: muscular rigidity associated with tetanus.

Noun

orthotonos (uncountable)

  1. muscular rigidity associated with tetanus

Origin of orthotonos

From Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + τόνος (tónos, “tension”). See further at opisthotonos.

Questions about orthotonos

What does orthotonos mean?
Orthotonos means muscular rigidity associated with tetanus.
What part of speech is orthotonos?
Orthotonos is a noun.

Words near orthotonos in the dictionary

  1. orthotomy
  2. orthotone
  3. orthotones
  4. orthotonesis
  5. orthotonic
  6. orthotonos
  7. orthotonus
  8. orthotope
  9. orthotopes
  10. orthotopic
  11. orthotopical

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