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tetanus
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[ˈtɛtənəs], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a bacterial disease marked by rigidity and spasms of the voluntary muscles
- the prolonged contraction of a muscle caused by rapidly repeated stimuli
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Latin, from Greek tetanos ‘muscular spasm’, from teinein ‘to stretch’
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