tetanus

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tetanus (enc)

Noun	1.	tetanus - an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages lockjaw infection - the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
	2.	tetanus - a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses contraction, muscle contraction, muscular contraction - (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)

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