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Definitions for Tetanoid
[1] Pathology . an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw. Compare lockjaw.
[2] Also called tetanus bacillus. Bacteriology . the bacterium, Clostridium tetani, causing this disease.
[3] Physiology . a state of sustained contraction of a muscle during which the muscle does not relax to its initial length or tension, induced by a rapid succession of stimuli.
[4] Also called: lockjaw an acute infectious disease in which sustained muscular spasm, contraction, and convulsion are caused by the release of exotoxins from the bacterium, Clostridium tetani : infection usually occurs through a contaminated wound
[5] physiol any tense contraction of a muscle, esp when produced by electric shocks
Words nearby Tetanoid
tetanustetanize, tetano-, tetanode, tetanoid, tetanospasmin, tetanus, tetanus and gas gangrene antitoxin, tetanus antitoxin, tetanus immune globulin, tetanus neonatorum, tetanus toxin
Origin of Tetanoid
us1350–1400; < Latin < Greek tétanos spasm (of muscles), tetanus; replacing Middle English tetane < Latin, as above
Other words from Tetanoid
tet·a·nal , adjective
tet·a·noid , adjective
Word origin for Tetanoid
usC16: via Latin from Greek tetanos, from tetanos taut, from teinein to stretch