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单词 pleurothotonos
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pleurothotonosn.

Brit. /ˌplʊərə(ʊ)ˈθɒtənɒs/, /ˌplɔːrə(ʊ)ˈθɒtənɒs/, U.S. /ˌplʊroʊˈθɑtnˌɑs/
Forms:

α. 1700s– pleurosthotonos, 1800s– pleurosthotonus.

β. 1700s– pleurothotonus, 1800s– pleurothotonos.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πλευρόθεν.
Etymology: < ancient Greek πλευρόθεν from the side ( < πλευρά side (see pleura n.) + -θεν , suffix forming adverbs indicating motion from) + τόνος tone n. Compare post-classical Latin pleurototonos (1768 or earlier). In α. forms probably after emprosthotonos n., opisthotonos n.
Medicine.
Bending of the body to one side, esp. as a result of muscle spasm, described originally in tetanus.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > tetanus
tetanusa1398
shotec1440
opisthotonos1582
emprosthotonos1585
jaw-fallen1631
tetanism1681
trismus1684
locked jaw1754
lockjaw1768
pleurothotonos1783
seven day disease1789
orthotonos1869
pleurotonus1899
1783 W. Cullen First Lines Pract. Physic III. 163 This is what has been named by Sauvages the Tetanus lateralis, and by some late writers, the Pleurosthotonos.
1788 W. Rowley Treat. Female Dis. 441 If the body be curved and drawn backwards, it is called opisthotonos; if bent forwards, emprosthotonos. Some added pleurothotonus, when the body is inflected towards either side; but observators have rarely seen this third species.
1800 tr. W. Cullen Nosology 112 (note) Meanwhile, till the matter is determined, I have placed the Pleurosthotonos of Strack after the Tetanus lateralis.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 329 Lateralis..the pleurosthotonos of authors of a later date.
1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. (1879) App. 715 An immediate pleurosthotonos, or bending of the body to one side.
1878 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. XIV. 318 To this original division Boenecken afterwards added another form pleurothotonos (or tetanus lateralis).
1910 Lancet 11 June 1604/1 Cool water irrigation now causes pleurothotonos, instead of circus rotation.
1938 Trans. Royal Soc. Trop. Med. & Hygiene 31 623 Opisthotonus and pleurosthotonus of the right side of the body.
1991 Biol. Psychiatry 29 942/1 The Pisa syndrome (or pleurothotonos) is a dystonic syndrome that appears as a side effect of neuroleptic therapy.
1997 Trends Neurosci. 20 113/1 It exhibits dynamic phenomena, such as head and trunk curvature toward the operated side (pleurothotonos), tonic extension of the ipsilateral forelimb, [etc.].
2005 Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 111 199 The clinical and pharmacological histories of these patients suggest a relation between cholinesterase inhibitor and the pleurothotonus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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