tetanus
tetanus: n.
1 a bacterial disease affecting the nervous system and marked by tonic spasm of the voluntary muscles.
2 Physiol. the prolonged contraction of a muscle caused by rapidly repeated stimuli. tetanize v.tr. (also -ise). tetanoid adj. [ME f. L f. Gk tetanos muscular spasm f. teino stretch]
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