opisthotonic

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English

Etymology

From opisthotonus +‎ -ic.

Adjective

opisthotonic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to opisthotonus.
    • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
      Her neck would be thrown back in an intense and sometimes agonizing opisthotonic posture.