The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]