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Opisthotonos
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Op`is`thot´o`nos
n.1.(Med.) A tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened.
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Noun1.opisthotonos - severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back
cramp, muscle spasm, spasm - a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
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This condition, known as opisthotonus, is a kind of tetanic spasm lasting up to two minutes before the muscles relax and the contraction subsides prior to the onset of another spasm.
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