"Opisthotonos" is a word in ENGLISH
A tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards
and stiffened.
It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also.
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A grizzled old man was eating in a truck stop when three Hell's Angels' bikers walked in. The first walked up to the old man, pushed his cigarette into the old man's pie and then took a seat at the counter. The second walked up to the old man, spat into the old man's milk and then he too took a seat at the counter. The third walked up to the old man, turned over the old man's plate, and then he took a seat at the counter. Without a word of protest, the old man quietly left the diner. Shortly thereafter, one of the bikers said to the waitress, "Humph, not much of a man, was he?" The waitress replied, "Not much of a truck driver either, he just backed his big-rig over three motorcycles."
Of or pertaining to spasm; spasmodic; especially, pertaining to tonic spasm; tetanic.
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction.
Read the complete definitionProducing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic, n.
Read the complete definitionA substance (notably nux vomica, strychnine, and brucine) which, either as a remedy or a poison, acts primarily on the …
Read the complete definitionThe production or condition of tetanus.
Read the complete definitionTo throw, as a muscle, into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in. See Tetanus, n., 2.
Read the complete definitionAn instrument from tetanizing a muscle by irritating its nerve by successive mechanical shocks.
Read the complete definitionA poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling …
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