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tetanus
  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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  4. Examples:
    1. “It is very important to check you are up to date with your tetanus jabs if your skin is broken in an injury or you are bitten.”
      “Expression of tetanus toxin is known to reduce the frequency of spontaneous quantal release.”
      “Some vaccines, such as tetanus and pertussis, don't provide lifelong immunity.”
tetanomotor
tetanin
  1. (organic chemistry) A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth by a microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus.
tetany
  1. (medicine) A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism
  2. Examples:
    1. “Other complications include colic, founder, diarrhea, choke, abortion and transit tetany.”
      “Taking an example in practical terms, a cow down with tetany would be dead before a bottle of magnesium could be prescribed and administered.”
      “This manifests symptomatically with episodes of severe muscular weakness or paralysis, tetany and postural hypotension.”
tetanics
  1. (medicine) A class of diseases of the nerves that affect the spinal cord.
tetanization
  1. (physiology) The production or condition of tetanus.
tetanospasmin
tetanic
  1. Any substance that causes tetanic spasms.
tetanizations
  1. plural of tetanization
tetanomotors
  1. plural of tetanomotor
tetani
tetanies
  1. plural of tetany
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