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‖ emprosthotonos Path.|ɛmprɒsˈθɒtənɒs|
[mod.L., a. Gr. ἐµπροσθότονος drawn forward and stiffened, f. ἔµπροσθεν before + τόνος a stretching.]
‘A condition in tetanus in which the body is drawn forwards by excessive action of the anterior muscles of the trunk’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1657Phys. Dict., Emprostotonos, a kind of cramp. 1685T. Cooke Marrow of Chirurg. (ed. 4) 498 When the Body, Head, and Neck is drawn forwards, called Emprosthotonos. 1775Mackenzie, in Phil. Trans. LXVII. 7 A person in the emprosthotonos. 1871Sir T. Watson Lect. Physic (ed. 5) I. 559 The only example of emprosthotonos which I ever saw. |