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Meaning of opisthotonos | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Sustained tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened, as produced by various diseases.

Equivalents

Français opisthotonos

Examples

“[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 […].”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

opistognathid opistoporin opistothorax opitulation Opitz G/BBB syndrome Opitz syndrome

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