pleurothotonos
/ˌplʊərə(ʊ)ˈθɒtənɒs/ /ˌplɔːrə(ʊ)ˈθɒtənɒs/(also pleurosthotonos, pleurosthotonus, pleurothotonus) Medicine
noun
Bending of the body to one side, especially as a result of muscle spasm, described originally in tetanus.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in William Cullen (1710–1790), chemist and physician. From ancient Greek πλευρόθεν from the side + τόνος.
- well-structured
- well-strung
- well-studied
- well-stuffed
- well-suited
- well-sung
- well-supplied
- well supported
- well-sustained
- well sweep
- well-swelled
- well-swollen
- well-tailored
- well taken
- well-tamed
- well-tanned
- well-tasted
- well-taught
- well-taxed
- well tempered
- well-tended
- well-thewed
- well-thinking
- well thought of
- well-thought-on