OPISTHOTONOS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("opisthotonos" is a kind of...):

cramp; muscle spasm; spasm (a painful and involuntary muscular contraction)

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