tetanus
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- n 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
- n a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses
- At least one person has already died of tetanus when unsterile sulfapyradine was used following a pelvic operation.
- It turns out, however, that those antibodies unlike those against illnesses like tetanus or whooping cough can provide a formidable and life-long defense against the flu .
- One of the most violent and fatal of infectious diseases is tetanus or lockjaw, caused by the tetanus bacillus which dwells in earth, manure, intestines of many animals, rusty .