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- noun Alternative form of
opisthotonos .
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Examples
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The pose, known to neurologists as opisthotonus, denotes damage to the cerebellum, which can result from such causes as poisoning, suffocation, meningitis or bleeding.
Reality is what, when you killfile it, doesn't go away. 2007
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These disorders are called tetanus and opisthotonus, by reason of the tension which accompanies them.
Timaeus 2006
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These disorders are called tetanus and opisthotonus, by reason of the tension which accompanies them.
TIMAEUS Plato 1949
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These disorders are called tetanus and opisthotonus, by reason of the tension which accompanies them.
Timaeus 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855
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There's the typical opisthotonus (I hope I spelled that right), which is when your body arches so much you can put your feet over your head.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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A foal with Lavender Foal Syndrome demonstrating opisthotonus (a state of a severe hyperextension and spasticity in which the head, neck and spinal column enter into a complete
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