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OPISTHOTONOS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("opisthotonos" is a kind of...):
cramp; muscle spasm; spasm (a painful and involuntary muscular contraction)