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Word: Tetanus
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin, from Greek tetanos ‘muscular spasm’, from teinein ‘to stretch’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈtɛtənəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a bacterial disease marked by rigidity and spasms of the voluntary muscles.
Short Definition:bacterial disease marked by rigidity and spasms of voluntary muscles
Definition:
the prolonged contraction of a muscle caused by rapidly repeated stimuli.
Short Definition:prolonged contraction of muscle caused by rapidly repeated stimuli
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