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ŏpisthŏtŏnĭa

ŏpisthŏtŏnĭa · f

a disease in which the head is drawn backwards

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What it meant

ŏpisthŏtŏnĭa — Lewis & Short

ŏpisthŏtŏnĭa, ae, f., = o)pisqotoni/a,

I a disease in which the head is drawn backwards, opisthotony (post-class.); opp. emprosthotonia, in which the head is drawn forwards, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 6; cf. Hier. Ep. ad Ephes. 6, 4; v. opisthotonos.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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