Pleurothotonus

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pleurothotonus \Pleu`ro*thot"o*nus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. pleyro`qen
     from the side + to`nos a stretching.] (Med.)
     A species of tetanus, in which the body is curved laterally.
     --Quain. --Dunglison.
     [1913 Webster]