Usually means: Involuntary, sustained twisting spinal muscle contraction.
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  6. pleurothotonus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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▸ noun:  (medicine) A rare neurological disorder characterized by dystonia and abnormal and sustained involuntary muscle contraction.

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pleurosthotonus, dystonia, myodystonia, dystonic, pleurodynia, myoclonus, phrenoplegia, hypertonus, hypertonia, pleurosis, more...

Opposite:
orthotonus, extension

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Similar:
pleurosthotonus, dystonia, myodystonia, dystonic, pleurodynia, myoclonus, phrenoplegia, hypertonus, hypertonia, pleurosis, more...

Opposite:
orthotonus, extension



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