opisthotonos

opisthotonos
op·is·thot·o·nos .äp-əs-'thät-ən-əs n a condition of spasm of the muscles of the back, causing the head and lower limbs to bend backward and the trunk to arch forward

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n.
the position of the body in which the head, neck, and spine are arched backwards. It is assumed involuntarily by patients with tetanus and strychnine poisoning.

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opis·thot·o·nos (o″pis-thotґə-nəs) [opistho- + Gr. tonos tension] a form of spasm consisting of extreme hyperextension of the body; the head and the heels are bent backward and the body bowed forward. opisthotonic adj

Opisthotonos.


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