Greek Meaning of tetanus
Τέτανος
Other Greek words related to Τέτανος
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Nearest Words of tetanus
- tetanus antitoxin => Αντιτετανικό ορό
- tetanus immune globulin => Αντιτετανική ανοσοσφαιρίνη
- tetanus immunoglobulin => Ανοσοσφαιρίνη τετάνου
- tetany => Τέτανος
- tetard => γυρίνος
- tetartanopia => Τεταρτανωπία
- tetartohedral => τεταρτοεδρικός
- tetartohedrism => τεταρτοεδρισμός
- tetaug => τεταύγκ
- tetchily => ευέξαπτα
Definitions and Meaning of tetanus in English
tetanus (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
a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses
tetanus (n.)
A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of the lower jaw are affected, it is called locked-jaw, or lickjaw, and it takes various names from the various incurvations of the body resulting from the spasm.
That condition of a muscle in which it is in a state of continued vibratory contraction, as when stimulated by a series of induction shocks.
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Τέτανος
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 dur
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tetanomotor => Τετανικός κινητήρας, tetanoid => τετανοειδής, tetanize => τετανοποιώ, tetanization => τετάνωση, tetanin => Τετανίνη,
