单词 | orthotonos |
释义 | orthotonosn. Medicine. Now rare. Muscle spasm or rigidity in which the neck and back are held in a straight line, associated esp. with tetanus. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > tetanus tetanusa1398 shotec1440 opisthotonos1582 emprosthotonos1585 jaw-fallen1631 tetanism1681 trismus1684 locked jaw1754 lockjaw1768 pleurothotonos1783 seven day disease1789 orthotonos1869 pleurotonus1899 1869 C. J. Hempel tr. B. Bæhr Sci. Therapeutics II. 750/1 Orthotonos, see Tetanus. 1878 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. XIV. 318 Then they also distinguished an orthotonos, when the body was stretched out straight. 1901 W. Osler Princ. & Pract. Med. (ed. 4) 104 When the muscles of the back are also involved [in cerebrospinal meningitis], there is orthotonos, which is more common than opisthotonos. 1946 F. Hutyra et al. Special Pathol. & Therapeutics I. 514 Dreymann, Shadow and Beyer observed marked upward curving of the vertebral column (emprosthotonos) in one case, and Balog pronounced orthotonos in another. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1869 |
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