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What does tetanus mean?

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  1. (pathology, countable) A serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani, found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals.
  2. (physiology) A state of muscle tension caused by sustained contraction arising from a rapid series of nerve impulses which do not allow the muscle to relax.
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At 50 shocks per second, the muscle goes into the smooth, sustained contraction of tetanus.
Some vaccines, such as tetanus and pertussis, don't provide lifelong immunity.
Active immunization by vaccination with tetanus toxoid is now usual in childhood, along with diphtheria and whooping cough vaccines.
Farm animals are guarded against anthrax, tetanus, and other disease by antibiotics or vaccines developed by animal based research.
As part of the preparation, everybody on the recovery team was vaccinated against diseases, such as hepatitis B and tetanus.
Sometimes, the first and only sign of tetanus is a spasm of the muscles nearest to the infected wound.

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