Medical Glossary

Obex

A thin, crescent-shaped band of tissue covering the calamus scriptorius - at the point of convergence of the nervous tissue at the end position of the fourth ventricle. The point on the midline of the...

Opisthotonos

Backward arching of the head, neck, or back with stiffness of the entire body.
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