Meanings
adjectiveopisthotonic (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to opisthotonus.
Her neck would be thrown back in an intense and sometimes agonizing opisthotonic posture.
1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
Origin
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opisthotonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/opisthotonic
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“opisthotonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/opisthotonic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “opisthotonic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/opisthotonic.
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