Definition
Relating to a form of muscular spasm or rigidity where the body bends forward, as opposed to backward.
Etymology
From Greek emprosthen (forward) + tonikos (relating to tension), derived from tonos (tone, tension). The term was used in ancient medical texts to describe a specific direction of muscular contraction during tetanus or similar conditions.
Kelly Says
Medical terminology often preserves ancient Greek words exactly as the Greeks used them—emprosthotonic describes what happens during tetanus where victims arch backward, but the Greek 'forward' direction suggests ancient doctors had different conventions for describing body positions than we do.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እምፕሮስቶኒክ
em-pro-sto-ni-k
ARالعربية
إمبروستوتوني
im-broo-sto-to-ni
BNবাংলা
এমপ্রোস্টোটনিক
em-pro-sto-to-nik
CACatalà
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
CSČeština
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
DADansk
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
DEDeutsch
emprosthotonisch
em-pro-stho-to-nisch
ELΕλληνικά
εμπροστοτονικός
em-pro-sto-to-nikos
ESEspañol
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
FAفارسی
امپروسثوتونیک
em-pro-stho-to-nik
FISuomi
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
FRFrançais
emprosthotonique
em-pro-stho-to-nik
GUGU
એમપ્રોસ્થોટોનિક
a-em-pro-stho-to-nik
HAHA
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
HEעברית
אֶמְפּרוֹסְתוֹטוֹנִי
em-pro-sto-to-ni
HIहिन्दी
एम्प्रोस्टोनि
am-pro-sto-ni
HUMagyar
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
IDBahasa Indonesia
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
IGIG
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
ITItaliano
emprosthotoni
em-pro-stho-to-ni
JA日本語
プロスソトニック
puro-su-to-nikku
KKKK
емпростотони
em-pro-sto-to-ni
KMKM
អេមព្រោស្ថូតូនិច
a-em-pro-so-tho-to-nik
KO한국어
에프로스토닉
e-peu-ro-stho-nik
MRMR
एम्प्रोस्टोटनिक
am-pro-sto-to-nik
MSBahasa Melayu
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
MYမြန်မာ
အမ်ပရောစ္သိုတိုနစ်
a-m-pra-so-tha-to-ni-t
NLNederlands
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
NONorsk
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
PAPA
ਇੰਪ੍ਰੋਸਥੋਟੋਨਿਕ
im-pro-stho-to-nik
PLPolski
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
PTPortuguês
emprosthotônico
em-pro-stho-to-ni-ko
RORomână
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
RUРусский
эмпростотонический
em-pro-sto-to-ni-ches-kiy
SVSvenska
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
SWKiswahili
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
TAதமிழ்
எம்பிரோஸ்தோடானிக்
em-pro-so-to-na-nik
TEతెలుగు
ఎంప్రోస్థోటాని
em-pro-stho-to-ani
THไทย
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
TLTL
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
TRTürkçe
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
UKУкраїнська
емпростотонічний
em-pro-sto-to-ni-chnyy
URاردو
امپروستوتونک
im-pro-sto-to-nik
VITiếng Việt
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
YOYO
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik
ZUZU
emprosthotonic
em-pro-stho-to-nik