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Tetanization

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tetanospasmnounA tetanic spasm.
tetanusnoun(pathology, usually uncountable) 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.
tetanismnoun(medicine) A form of more or less continuous muscular hypertonicity sometimes seen in young infants.
entasianoun(medicine) tonic spasm; any disease characterized by tonic spasms, such as tetanus or trismus
tetanynoun(medicine) A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism.
pseudotetanynounpseudotetanus
hypertonusnoun(medicine) An excessive level of muscle tone.
hypertonianoun(medicine) An abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy.
orthotonosnounmuscular rigidity associated with tetanus
tendinopathynoun(pathology) A disorder of the tendons.
titinopathynoun(pathology) A form of muscular dystrophy associated with defects in the TTN gene
opisthotonosnoun(medicine) Sustained tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened, as produced by various diseases.
pseudotetanusnounA group of symptoms resembling those of tetanus, but not actually caused by tetanus.
tension pneumonoun(medicine, colloquial) Tension pneumothorax.
tæniasisnounObsolete form of taeniasis. [(pathology) An infection of tapeworms of the genus Taenia that does not usually cause any disease.]
catatonusnoun(medicine) catatonia; rigidity of the body
tendinosisnoun(pathology) Chronic damage to a tendon at a cellular level.
tendinopathogenesisnoun(pathology) The production and development of tendinopathies
myotasisnoun(medicine) A stretching of muscle.
torsadogenesisnoun(pathology) The production of torsade de pointes

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