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Webster 1913 Edition

Pleurothotonus

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Pleuˊro-thot′o-nus

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

πλευρόθεν

from the side +

τόνοσ

a stretching.]

(Med.)

A species of tetanus, in which the body is curved laterally.

Quain.

Dunglison.

Definition 2024

pleurothotonus

pleurothotonus

English

Noun

pleurothotonus ‎(uncountable)

(medicine) A rare neurological disorder characterized by dystonia and abnormal and sustained involuntary muscle contraction.

Synonyms

Pisa syndrome