🔄 Synonyms of "Tetanus"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| lockjawnoun | (pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation. |
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| Word | Definition |
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| lockjawnoun | (pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation. |
| vaccinationnoun | Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease. |
| toxoidnoun | A toxin that has had its toxic properties removed, but retains its ability to generate an immune response. |
| antitoxinnoun | (medicine) A medicine able to neutralize a toxin. |
| tetanicnoun | Any substance that causes tetanic spasms. |
| pertussisnoun | (pathology) Whooping cough. |
| tetanus disease | — |
| tetanic contraction | A tetanic contraction (also called tetanized state, tetanus, or physiologic tetanus, the latter to differentiate from the disease called tetanus) is a sustained muscle contraction evoked when the motor nerve that innervates a skeletal muscle emits action potentials at a very high rate. |
| tetanic spasm | — |
| tetanismnoun | (medicine) A form of more or less continuous muscular hypertonicity sometimes seen in young infants. |
| trismusnoun | The inability to open the mouth normally, typically as a result of disease. |
| opisthotonusnoun | Alternative form of opisthotonos. [(medicine) Sustained tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened, as produced by various diseases.] |
| toxic tetanus | — |
| neonatal tetanus | (trismus nascentium) a form of generalised tetanus that occurs in newborns. |
| cephalic tetanus | — |
| localized tetanus | — |
| tetanizationnoun | (physiology) The production or condition of tetanus. |
| botulismnoun | (pathology) Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food. |
| tetanynoun | (medicine) A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism. |
| clostridiosisnoun | (biology, medicine, noncount) Infection with a clostridium. |
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