emprosthotonicadj.
/ˌɛmprɒsˈθɒtənɪk/, /ɛmˌprɒsθəˈtɒnɪk/, U.S. /ˌɛmˌprɑsˈθɑdənɪk/, /ɛmˌprɑsθəˈtɑnɪk/ Medicine. rare.
Of the nature of emprosthotonos.
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1820 London Med. & Physical Jrnl. 43 289 Violent pain..became extended over the whole trunk, then to the neck, first producing trismus, and afterwards real emprosthotonic tetanus, attended with sense of great debility.
1883 Nature 15 Mar. 468 The convulsions change their character and become emprosthotonic.
1930 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 19 July 92/1 At this stage the fits continued as purely tonic and emprosthotonic in character for two weeks.
2010 S. Ohtahara & Y. Yamatogi in C. P. Panayiotopoulos Atlas Epilepsies 847/1 Cardinal symptom is tonic, usually emprosthotonic, spasms of very early onset, i.e., within 3 months, mainly 1 month, after birth, or prenatal on rare occasions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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