单词 | opisthotonos |
释义 | opistho- or before a vowel opisth- /ə-pis-thō- or -thə- or -tho-, or ə-pisth-/combining formSignifying behind ORIGIN: Gr opisthen behind opisthobranch /ə-pisˈthə-brangk/ noun and adjective (Gr branchia gills) Opisthobranchˈia plural noun An order of gastropods having the gills behind the heart opisthocoelian /-sēˈli-ən/ adjective (Gr koilos hollow) hollow or concave behind, as eg a vertebra is (also opisthocoeˈlous) opisthodomos /op-is-thodˈə-mos/ noun A rear-chamber in a Greek temple opisthoglossˈal adjective (Gr glōssa tongue) having the tongue attached in front, free behind, as in frogs opisthogˈnathous adjective (see -gnathous under gnathic) having receding jaws opisˈthograph noun A manuscript or slab inscribed on the back as well as the front opisthographˈic adjective opisthogˈraphy noun opisthosōˈma noun (Gr sōma body) the abdomen of an arachnid opisthotonˈic adjective opisthotˈonos noun (Gr, drawn backwards, from teinein to stretch, pull tight) extreme arching backwards of the spine and neck as a result of spasm of the muscles in that region |
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