Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

opisthotonos

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: opisthotonos
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sustained tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened, as produced by various diseases.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[T]he Actors struggled & bounced, and sprunted as if in Convulsions; like Patients under the Influence of a Disease called in Jamaica the Opisthotonos or dry Gripes […]."

Etymology

From Latin opisthotonus, and its source, Ancient Greek ὀπισθότονος (opisthótonos), corresponding to opistho- + tonus (“muscle tension”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Prefix: opistho-
Root: opisthotonus, ὀπισθότονος

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

opisthotonus (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

emprosthotonus emprosthotonos orthotonos orthotonus pleurothotonus pleurothotonos pleurosthotonus pleurosthotonos

Questions

What does opisthotonos mean?: Sustained tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened, as produced by various diseases.
Where does opisthotonos come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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