单词 | tetanus |
释义 | tetanusnoun tet·a·nus ˈte-tə-nəs ˈtet-nəs 1 a : an acute infectious bacterial disease characterized by tonic spasm of voluntary muscles especially of the jaw and caused by an exotoxin of a clostridium (Clostridium tetani) which is usually introduced through a wound compare lockjaw b : the bacterium that causes tetanus 2 : prolonged contraction of a muscle resulting from rapidly repeated motor impulses |
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