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emprosthotonus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
em-prostho-tonus
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔμπροσθεν (émprosthen) + τόνος (tónos, “tension”). See further at opisthotonos. From emprostho- + tonos.

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emprosthotonos (alternative)

Questions

What does emprosthotonus mean?
A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
Where does emprosthotonus come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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