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单词 orthotonos
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orthotonosn.

Brit. /ɔːˈθɒtənəs/, U.S. /ɔrˈθɑdənəs/
Forms: 1800s– orthotonos, 1800s orthotonus.
Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Orthotonus.
Etymology: < German Orthotonus (1862 in the passage translated in quot. 1869) < ortho- ortho- comb. form + ancient Greek τόνος tone n. Compare earlier orthotonic adj.1 N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ōə·ri) /ˈɔərɪ/.
Medicine. Now rare.
Muscle spasm or rigidity in which the neck and back are held in a straight line, associated esp. with tetanus.
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tetanusa1398
shotec1440
opisthotonos1582
emprosthotonos1585
jaw-fallen1631
tetanism1681
trismus1684
locked jaw1754
lockjaw1768
pleurothotonos1783
seven day disease1789
orthotonos1869
pleurotonus1899
1869 C. J. Hempel tr. B. Bæhr Sci. Therapeutics II. 750/1 Orthotonos, see Tetanus.
1878 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. XIV. 318 Then they also distinguished an orthotonos, when the body was stretched out straight.
1901 W. Osler Princ. & Pract. Med. (ed. 4) 104 When the muscles of the back are also involved [in cerebrospinal meningitis], there is orthotonos, which is more common than opisthotonos.
1946 F. Hutyra et al. Special Pathol. & Therapeutics I. 514 Dreymann, Shadow and Beyer observed marked upward curving of the vertebral column (emprosthotonos) in one case, and Balog pronounced orthotonos in another.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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