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tetanus |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tetanus \Tet"a*nus\, n. [L., fr Gr ?, fr ? stretched, ? to stretch.] 1. (Med.) A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of the lower jaw are affected, it is called {locked-jaw}, or {lickjaw}, and it takes various names from the various incurvations of the body resulting from the spasm. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tetanus n : an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles are a symptom [syn: {lockjaw}]
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