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opisthotonus [‚ap·əs′thät·ən·əs]

(medicine)

A condition, caused by a tetanic spasm of the back muscles, in which the trunk is arched forward while the head and lower limbs are bent backward.

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No references found	This condition, known as opisthotonus, is a kind of tetanic spasm lasting up to two minutes before the muscles relax and the contraction subsides prior to the onset of another spasm. A History of Strychnine by Whittington-Egan, Richard / Contemporary Review All animals displayed neurologic disorders characterized by the inability to maintain buoyancy and by opisthotonus, tremors, and seizures (Figure 1, panel A). Neurobrucellosis in stranded dolphins, Costa Rica by Hernandez-Mora, Gabriela; Gonzalez-Barrientos, Rocio; Morales, Juan-Alberto; Chaves-Olarte, Esteban; / Emerging Infectious Diseases Extrapyramidal Haloperidol, Rigidity, opisthotonus, chlorpromazine laryngospasm Narcotic Morphine, heroin, CNS depression, miosis, codeine slow respiration, hypotension Withdrawal Various; alcohol, Piloerection, barbiturates, cocaine, hypertension, benzodiazepines, etc. Approach to the acutely poisoned patient: poisoning, accidental or ... by Van Loggerenberg, Charl / CME: Your SA Journal of CPD	opiate drug Opie, Eugene Lindsay Opie, John Opilioacaridae Opilioacariformes Opilioacarina Opiliones opine opinicus opinion opisometer opisthaptor Opisthobranchia Opisthocoela opisthocoelous Opisthocomidae opisthocranion Opisthodome opisthodomos opisthodomus opisthognathous opisthonephros Opisthopora Opisthorchiasis opisthotic opisthotonus Opitz, Martin Opium opium of the people opium poppy Opium War of 1840–42 Opium War of 1856–60 Opium Wars Opiz, Philipp Maximilian Opiz, Philipp Maximilián Opiza Opizari Oplismenus OPM OPML OPNG Opobo Opochka Opoka Opole Opole Wojewodztwo Opole Województwo Opolia Opomyzidae Opopanax Oporto	Opisthognathidae opisthognathism opisthognathism opisthognathous opisthognathous Opisthography Opisthoma Opisthoma Opisthoma Opisthomi opisthonephros Opisthopora Opisthopulmonate opisthorchiasis opisthorchiasis opisthorchiasis Opisthorchis Opisthorchis felineus Opisthorchis felineus Opisthorchis felineus Opisthorchis sinensis Opisthorchis tenuicollis Opisthorchis viverrini Opisthosoma opisthosomas Opisthotic Opisthotic opisthotonos opisthotonos opisthotonos opisthotonus Opistobranch Opistobranch Opistognathidae OPIT OPITO opitulari Opitulation Opitz syndrome Opitz syndrome Opitz syndrome Opitz Syndrome, X-Linked Opitz Trigonocephaly Syndrome Family Network Opitz's syndrome Opitz, Martin Opitz-G Syndrome OPIU opium opium opium opium opium addict opium alkaloid opium den Opium dens Opium des Volks Opium Joint Opium of the masses Opium of the People Opium poppies Opium poppies

This condition, known as opisthotonus, is a kind of tetanic spasm lasting up to two minutes before the muscles relax and the contraction subsides prior to the onset of another spasm.

A History of Strychnine by Whittington-Egan, Richard / Contemporary Review

All animals displayed neurologic disorders characterized by the inability to maintain buoyancy and by opisthotonus, tremors, and seizures (Figure 1, panel A).

Neurobrucellosis in stranded dolphins, Costa Rica by Hernandez-Mora, Gabriela; Gonzalez-Barrientos, Rocio; Morales, Juan-Alberto; Chaves-Olarte, Esteban; / Emerging Infectious Diseases

Extrapyramidal Haloperidol, Rigidity, opisthotonus, chlorpromazine laryngospasm Narcotic Morphine, heroin, CNS depression, miosis, codeine slow respiration, hypotension Withdrawal Various; alcohol, Piloerection, barbiturates, cocaine, hypertension, benzodiazepines, etc.

Approach to the acutely poisoned patient: poisoning, accidental or ... by Van Loggerenberg, Charl / CME: Your SA Journal of CPD

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