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noun
A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: trismus, tetanus
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: tetanus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: infection
History
From lock + jaw.
Across languages
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
