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tetanus
noun
1 pathol an infectious and potentially fatal disease, caused by the release of toxins from a bacterium, the spores of which are found in soil. Its main symptoms are fever and painful muscle spasms especially of the mouth and facial muscles. Also called lockjaw.
2 physiol any state of prolonged contraction of a muscle caused by rapidly repeated stimuli.
[14c: from Greek tetanos , from teinein to stretch]
noun
1 pathol an infectious and potentially fatal disease, caused by the release of toxins from a bacterium, the spores of which are found in soil. Its main symptoms are fever and painful muscle spasms especially of the mouth and facial muscles. Also called lockjaw.
2 physiol any state of prolonged contraction of a muscle caused by rapidly repeated stimuli.
[14c: from Greek tetanos , from teinein to stretch]
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