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n. - Severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back.

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  • That's called opisthotonos -- typical of this condition. "
  • He was motionless, his legs extended stiffly, his back arched in a dreadful opisthotonos, his eyes staring.
  • Oculogyric crisis, blepharospasm, respiratory stridor with cyanosis, torticollis, and opisthotonos can occur, as well as slow, writhing movements of the extremities.
  • The past was a dim montage of life at the agency and the treatment center and the ranch, a recollection of lying on the river bank with women in attitudes of...
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