Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. d'Émile Littré. 1872-1877.
Opisthotonos — Opisthotonos : hyperextension du dos caractéristique du tétanos due à la contracture des muscles paravertebraux … Wikipédia en Français
Opisthotonos — Op is*thot o*nos, n. [NL., from Gr. ? backwards + ? a stretching.] (Med.) A tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Opisthotŏnos — (gr.), so v.w. Rückenkrampf … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
opisthotonos — ● opisthotonos nom masculin Contracture de tous les muscles postérieurs du corps, donnant à celui ci une attitude caractéristique : arqué en arrière, le malade, quand on l allonge sur le dos, ne repose sur sa couche que par les talons et l… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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 * * * n. the position of the body in which the head, neck, and spine are arched… … Medical dictionary
opisthotonos position — opisthotonos … Medical dictionary
opisthotonos — op·is·thot·o·nos … English syllables
opisthotonos — 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 … The new mediacal dictionary
opisthotonos — noun severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back • Hypernyms: ↑spasm, ↑cramp, ↑muscle spasm … Useful english dictionary
opisthotonos, opisthotonus — A tetanic spasm in which the spine and extremities are bent with convexity forward, the body resting on the head and the heels. [opistho + G. tonos, tension, stretching] … Medical dictionary
