Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Emprosthotonos
Em′pros·thot′o·nos (ĕm′prŏs·thŏt′ō·nŏs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ἔμπροσθεν forward + τείνειν to draw.] (Med.) A drawing of the body forward, in consequence of the spasmodic action of some of the muscles. Gross.