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nounan 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
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nouna sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses
Definition that contains tetanus
- dpt vaccine abbreviation for combination vaccine against diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus toxoids; usually given in a series of injections in early childhood
- tetanus antitoxin antitoxin given for short-term immunization against tetanus in cases of possible exposure to the tetanus bacillus
- tetanus immune globulin sterile solution of globulins derived from the blood plasma of a person who has been immunized for tetanus; provides short-term immunization against tetanus in cases of possible exposure to the tetanus bacillus
- tetanic of or relating to or causing tetanus
- tetanus immunoglobulin sterile solution of globulins derived from the blood plasma of a person who has been immunized for tetanus; provides short-term immunization against tetanus in cases of possible exposure to the tetanus bacillus