tetanus

Meaning of tetanus

noun
  1. A serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani, found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals.
  2. A state of muscle tension caused by sustained contraction arising from a rapid series of nerve impulses which do not allow the muscle to relax.

Information about tetanus

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Hyphenation of tetanus

tetanus

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • tetanus is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

tetanus synonyms

Meaning lockjaw:

lockjaw

Translation of tetanus

Anagrams of tetanus

attunes, estuant, nutates, tautens, unstate, untaste

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