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Tetanus
tetanus
n. 1 a bacterial disease affecting the nervous system and marked by tonic spasm of the voluntary muscles. 2 Physiol. the prolonged contraction of a muscle caused by rapidly repeated stimuli. Derivatives tetanize v.tr. (also -ise). tetanoid adj. Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk tetanos muscular spasm f. teino stretch
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noun see: thin Date: 14th century 1. an acute infectious disease characterized by tonic spasm of voluntary muscles especially of the jaw and caused by the specific toxin of a bacterium (Clostridium tetani) which is usually introduced through a wound, the bacterium that causes ~, prolonged contraction of a muscle resulting from rapidly repeated motor impulses ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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