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tetanus
noun(tet-a-nus)
an acute infectious bacterial disease characterized by tonic spasm of voluntary muscles especially of the jaw and caused by an exotoxin of a clostridium (Clostridium tetani) which is usually introduced through a wound
tetanus
noun(tet-a-nus)
the bacterium that causes tetanus
tetanus
noun(tet-a-nus)
prolonged contraction of a muscle resulting from rapidly repeated motor impulses

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