释义 |
‖ orthotonos Path.|ɔːˈθɒtənɒs| Also -us. [f. ortho- ‘straight’ + Gr. τόνος stretch, strain, sinew.] Spasm in which the body is stretched out straight; a form of tetanus.
1878tr. von Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. XIV. 318 Then they also distinguished an orthotonos, when the body was stretched out straight. 1892Syd. Soc. Lex., Orthotonus. 1892W. Osler Princ. Med. (1901) 104 When the muscles of the back are also involved, there is orthotonos, which is more common than opisthotonos. |