tetanus
Meaning of tetanus
noun
- 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.
- A state of muscle tension caused by sustained contraction arising from a rapid series of nerve impulses which do not allow the muscle to relax.
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Hyphenation of tetanus
tetanus
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- tetanus is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
tetanus synonyms
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Translation of tetanus
Anagrams of tetanus
attunes, estuant, nutates, tautens, unstate, untaste
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