tetanus

1. An acute, often fatal disease characterized by spasmodic contraction of voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and jaw, and caused by the toxin of the bacillus Clostridium tetani, which typically infects the body through a deep wound. Also called lockjaw.

2. Physiology A state of continuous muscular contraction, especially when induced artificially by rapidly repeated stimuli.

3. An acute infectious disease characterized by tonic spasm of voluntary muscles especially of the jaw and caused by an exotoxin of a bacterium () which is usually introduced through a wound.

4. The bacterium that causes tetanus.

5. Prolonged contraction of a muscle resulting from rapidly repeated motor impulses.

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