'Pleurothotonus' definitions:

Definition of 'Pleurothotonus'

From: 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]