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orthotonos

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
or-thotonos
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

muscular rigidity associated with tetanus

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + τόνος (tónos, “tension”). See further at opisthotonos.

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What does orthotonos mean?
muscular rigidity associated with tetanus
Where does orthotonos come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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